Afenmai language

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title: Afenmai language
text: Afenmai (Afemai), Yekhee, or Iyekhe, is an Edoid language spoken in Edo State, Nigeria by Afenmai people. Not all speakers recognize the name Yekhee; some use the district name Etsako. Previously the name used by British colonial administration was Kukuruku, supposedly after a battle cry "ku-ku-ruku", now considered derogatory. Afenmai is unusual in reportedly having a voiceless tapped fricative as the "tense" equivalent of the "lax" voiced tap, though is other descriptions it is described simpl
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description: Edoid language spoken in Nigeria
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afenmai_language
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date modified: 2023-07-09T13:58:29Z
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