Ehuẹun (Ekpimi) is an Edoid language of Ondo State, Nigeria. It is sometimes considered the same language as Ukue.
Phonology Ehuẹun has a rather reduced system, compared to proto-Edoid, of seven vowels; these form two harmonic sets, and .Archangeli & Pulleyblank, 1994. Grounded phonology, p 181ff
The language arguably has no phonemic nasal stops; alternate with , depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. The inventory is:Jeff Mielke, 2008. The emergence of distinctive features, p 136ff;also found in Variation and gradience in phonetics and phonology, p 26ff
BilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPalatalVelarLabio-velarGlottalPlosive Fricative Rhotic Approximant
The two rhotics have been described as voiced and voiceless trills. However, Ladefoged found both to be approximants, with the pair being raised (without being fricatives) but not trills.
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