Okpe language (Southwestern Edo)
# Okpe language (Southwestern Edo)

Okpe is an Edoid language of Nigeria spoken by the Urhobo people.

## Phonology

The sound system is rather conservative, and nearly the same as that of Urhobo. The vowels system is the same, and somewhat reduced compared to proto-Edoid: there are seven vowels, /i e ɛ a ɔ o u/. Of the consonants, only significant differences are the addition of /ɣʷ/ and of the distinction between l vs n and y vs ny: these alternate, depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. /ɾ, ʋ, w/ also have nasal allophones before nasal vowels.

| | Labial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labio-velar | Glottal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nasal | m | | l [n] | j [ɲ] | | | |
| Plosive | p b | | t d | c ɟ | k ɡ | k͡p ɡ͡b | |
| Fricative | ɸ | f v | s z | ɕ ʑ | ɣ | ɣʷ | h |
| Trill | | | r | | | | |
| Flap | | | ɾ | | | | |
| Approximant | | ʋ | l [n] | j [ɲ] | | w | |
