Adja language

it is closely related to other Gbe languages such as Ewe, Mina, Fon, and Phla Phera. Adja is the mother tribe from which the other Gbe people are descended.

Phonology

Consonants

• Voiced consonants /, , / are heard as nasal sonorant sounds [, , ] when followed by a nasal vowel.
• // is heard as a rhotic trill [] when after alveolar, retroflex or post-alveolar consonants.
• Sounds // and // are heard as post-alveolar [], [] when preceding //.
• Approximant sounds /, / may also be nasalized as [, ] when preceding or following nasal vowels.
• Some linguists have also attested the nasal sound [], and labialized uvular sounds, [] and [], as separate phonemes.

Vowels

• // when before // is heard as a labio-palatal []. It is then nasalized as [] when in nasal position.