Ega, nke a makwaara dị ka Egwa na Dies, bụ asụsụ ọdịda anyanwụ Afrịka a na asụ na ndịda etiti Ivory Coast. Ọ bụ nke a na ejighị n'aka na njikọ ya ma kewaa ya dị ka Kwa ma ọ bụ alaka kwụụrụ onwe ya nke Niger-Congo.
A na-asụ Ega n'obodo nta 21 dị nso na Gly na Diès Canton, Gôh-Djiboua District, Ivory Coast (Bole-Richard 1983: 359). [1] Obodo nta ụfọdụ [2] Broudougou, Gly, Dairo, Didizo, na Douzaroko.Ndị Ega na abawanye n'ọnụ ọgụgụ, ọ bụ ezie na ụfọdụ na aga Dida site na alụmdi na nwunye.
Otu ọrụ sitere na Universität Bielefeld, Germany (Dafydd Gibbon) na Université Houphouet Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (Firmin Ahoua) mere site na 2000 ruo 2003 na mmekorita ya na Mahadum York, Canada (Bruce Connell).[3]
Ega nwere ike ịbụ asụsụ dị iche iche nke Western Kwa n'ime ezinụlọ asụsụ Niger-Congo nke a na-asụ na Ivory Coast. O yighị ka ọ bụ nke ọ bụla n'ime alaka ọdịnala nke Niger-Congo. Ọ bụ ezie na a na-ewere ya na ọ bụ otu n'ime Asụsụ Kwa, Roger Blench (2004) kewara ya dị ka alaka dị iche iche nke ezinụlọ Atlantic-Congo, na-echere ngosipụta na ọ nwere njikọ na asụsụ Kwa ma ọ bụ Volta-Niger. Otú [2] dị, Blench (2017) kewara Ega dị ka asụsụ Kwa zuru oke nke ọdịda anyanwụ nke gbazitere na Kru, Gur, na Mande.
Dị ka asụsụ Kwa ndị ọzọ dị n’Ebe Ọdịda Anyanwụ, akụkọ ọdịnala n’etiti ndị Ega na-enwe usoro nhazi nke ọma: mgbe okwu mmeghe nke onye na-akọ akụkọ ahụ kwuchara, ọrụ a kọwara nke ọma n’ime obodo, akụkọ ahụ na aga n’ihu, nke onye na-aza ajụjụ na-edobe ya [sɛsɛ]. na song interludes na oku na nzaghachi Ọdịdị nke ọrụ songs.
Akụ na ụba nke obodo Ega bụ akụkụ ahịhịa, nke dabere na ọrụ ịkụ ihe. A na eji ụgbụ a na agbachite ebe dị ọtụtụ narị square mita, n'ime ya bụ obere egwuregwu dị ka agouti (Thryonomys swinderianus) bụ ndị otu ndị na eti ihe na agbachitere. Ụgbụ a yiri ụgbụ ịkwọ ụgbọ epeepe dị n'ebe ndịda Côte d'Ivoire nke dị ihe dị ka 100km n'ihu ndịda, ma eleghị anya na-egosi akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ịkwaga n'ụsọ oké osimiri.
Ega nwere ụdaume iri abụọ na asaa. Ọ na-akwụsị nwere ọdịiche atọ n'etiti enweghị olu, olu, na implosive.
Akpụkpọ ahụ | Alveolar | N'azụ | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n'ihu | ala dị larịị | egbugbere ọnụ | ||||
Ụgbọ imi | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
Plosive | implosive | ɓ | ka | Ọdịdị | Ihe a na-akpọ China | Ihe a na-akpọ China |
kwuru okwu | b | d | ɟ | ɡọ | ɡb | |
enweghị olu | p | t | c | k | kp | |
Ihe na-esiri ike | kwuru okwu | v | z | |||
enweghị olu | f | s | x | |||
Ihe atụ | l | j | w |
E nwere ụdaume itoolu, na ọdịiche ATR: /iʹ/, /iʹ, /iـ/, /a/, /oـ/, na /a/.
E nwere ụda atọ: elu, etiti, na ala.