Akie (Mosiro, Nandi, "(N)dorobo", 'mouth of the Akie people') is a Kalenjin language spoken in Tanzania. It is a moribund endangered language, with only a few elders who speak it. The Akie people have adopted Maasai and Swahili, and it was reported in 1981 that younger generations are becoming less fluent in Akie. No more than 200 people speak Akie as of 2015.
Dialects There is no dialectal variation in Akie.
Phonology
Consonants LabialAlveolarPostalveolarRetroflexPalatalVelarPlosiveplain geminated implosive Fricative() Nasalplain geminated Tap/Flap Lateralplaingeminated Approximantplain geminated Geminated consonants , , , , are not always distinguished by all speakers. is often realized as , and also as between vowels, but also as its basic value of in all positions. Voiceless stops are typically realized as weak fortis consonants, however after nasals and intervocalically, they are voiced. is only found in loanwords.
Vowels +ATR-ATRFrontCentralBackFrontCentralBackCloseMidOpen Vowel length is distinctive.
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