Cherepon language

Kyiripong
Native to	Ghana
Native speakers	110,000 (2003)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano Guang South Guang Kyiripong
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cpn
Glottolog	cher1271

Cherepon (Chiripon, Chiripong, Kyiripong), also known as Okere or Ɔkere, is a Guang language spoken by 111,000 in Ghana.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants^[2]

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labial- velar
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	k͡p
	voiced	b	d		g	g͡b
Affricate	voiceless		t͡s	t͡ʃ
	voiced			d͡ʒ
Fricative		f	s
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Trill			r
Approximant		w	l	j

Vowels

Oral vowels^[3]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Near-close	ɪ		ʊ
Close-mid	e		o
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Near-open		æ
Open		a

Nasal vowels^[3]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	ĩ		ũ
Near-close	ɪ̃		ʊ̃
Open-mid	ɛ̃		ɔ̃
Open		ã

Orthography

/i, ɪ/ are represented by ⟨i⟩, /ʊ, o/ are represented by ⟨o⟩, and /æ̯, a/ are represented by ⟨a⟩.^[3] /n, ɲ, ŋ/ are represented by ⟨n⟩, and /t͡ʃ/ is represnted by ⟨ky⟩, e.g., akyibi 'child'.^[2]

Notes

1. Kyiripong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Oppong 2019, p. 10.
3. Oppong 2019, p. 9.

References

• Oppong, Okrah (2019). The noun phrase in Ɔkere (MA thesis). University of Ghana.