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(Redirected from Akebu) Ghana–Togo Mountain language Not to be confused with Ndo language.
Akebu
Kebu
Native toGhana, Togo
Native speakers70,000 (2012)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3keu
Glottologakeb1238
Akebu
PeopleƏkpəβə
CountryKᵼkpəkə

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.

In 2002 there were about 56,400 speakers, located primarily in the Akébou district of the Plateau Region of Togo.

Writing system

Kebu alphabet
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.

References

  1. Akebu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Sossoukpe 2014.

Works cited

Languages of Ghana
Official language
Creole languages
Government-sponsored
Indigenous languages
Gur
Kwa
Mande
Others
Sign languages
Immigrant languages
Languages of Togo
Official language
National languages
Working languages
Indigenous
languages
Gbe
Gur
Kwa
Yoruboid
Other
Kwa languages
Potou–Tano
Central Tano
Guang
Others
Ghana–Togo
Na-Togo
Ka-Togo
Ga–Dangme
Lagoon


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