Kebu language
Ghana–Togo Mountain language
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Akebu or Kebu (also Kabu; in French: akébou) is one of the Ghana–Togo Mountain languages spoken by the Akebu people of southern Togo and southeastern Ghana. It is a tonal language with nominal classes. Akebu is closely related to the Animere language.
Native speakers
70,000 (2012)[1]PeopleƏkpəβə
CountryKᵼkpəkə
| Akebu | |
|---|---|
| People | Əkpəβə |
| Country | Kᵼkpəkə |
In 2002 there were about 56,400 speakers, located primarily in the Akébou district of the Plateau Region of Togo.[citation needed]
Writing system
| a | b | c | d | ɖ | e | ə | ɛ | f | g | gb | h | i | ɩ | j | k | kp |
| l | m | n | ny | ŋ | o | ɔ | p | r | s | t | u | ʊ | v | w | y | z |
Bibliography
- Yao Koffi, Akebu-Deutsch-Wörterbuch, Deutsches Akademischen Austauschdienstes, Sarrebruck (Allemagne), 1981, 433 p.
- Yao Koffi, Sprachkontakt und Kulturkontakt : eine Untersuchung zur Mehrsprachigkeit bei den Akebu in Togo, Sarrebruck, 1984, 180 p.
- Jacques Sossoukpe, Vitalité ethnolinguistique suivie d'une esquisse phonologique de l'Akébou, Lomé (Togo), 2008.
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