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Santrokofi language

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Language of Ghana
Santrokofi
Selee
Sεlεε
Native toGhana
RegionOti Region
Native speakers11,000 (2003)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3snw
Glottologsele1249
ELPSelee
Santrokofi
PersonƆlɛɛ
PeopleBalɛɛ
LanguageSεlεε

Santrokofi or Selee (Sεlεε, name of both people and language) is spoken in the mountainous central part of the Volta Region of Ghana. It belongs to the geographic group of Ghana Togo Mountain languages (traditionally called the Togorestsprachen or Togo Remnant languages) of the Kwa branch of Niger–Congo.

References

  1. Santrokofi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Languages of Ghana
Official language
Creole languages
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Indigenous languages
Gur
Kwa
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Sign languages
Immigrant languages
Kwa languages
Potou–Tano
Central Tano
Guang
Others
Ghana–Togo
Na-Togo
Ka-Togo
Ga–Dangme
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