Language/Attie/Vocabulary/Greetings
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Attié (Akie, Akye, Atche, Atie, Atshe) is a language of uncertain classification within the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family. It is spoken by perhaps half a million people in Ivory Coast.
Here are some phrases to use when you meet someone:
| general greeting | Hanin ooh |
| greeting in the Bodin dialect [ati-bod] | Ahin |
| reply to Ahin | Aalɛ |
| greeting in the Bodin dialect [ati-bod] | Mu ahin |
| greeting in the Bodin dialect [ati-bod] | Mɛ le mu ahin |
| midday greeting in the Bodin dialect [ati-bod] | Matin |
| reply to Matin | Ehua |
| reply to Matin | Ehwia |
| evening greeting in the Bodin dialect [ati-bod] | Anu |
| reply to Anu | Aosu |
| greeting spoken to a person working in the Bodin dialect [ati-bod] | Bia |
| greeting spoken to a person working in the Bodin dialect [ati-bod] | Mmo |
| how are you? in the Bodin dialect [ati-bod] | Budzhan gbɛngbɛn? |
| reply to Budzhan gbɛngbɛn | Ao, mɛdzhan gbɛngbɛn |
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