Kebu language
| Akebu | |
|---|---|
| Kebu | |
| Native to | Ghana, Togo |
Native speakers | 70,000 (2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
keu |
| Glottolog |
akeb1238[2] |
| Akebu | |
|---|---|
| People | Əkpəβə |
| Country | Kᵼkpəkə |
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 language with nominal classes (and a tonal language?). Akebu is closely related to the Animere language.
In 2002 there were about 56,400 speakers, located primarily in the Akébou district of the Plateau Region of Togo.
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.
References
- ↑ Akebu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Akebu". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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