Kebu language

Not to be confused with Ndo language.

Akebu
Kebu
Native to	Ghana, Togo
Native speakers	70,000 (2012)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Kebu–Animere Akebu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	keu
Glottolog	akeb1238

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 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.^{[citation needed]}

Writing system

Kebu alphabet^[2]

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

• Sossoukpe, Marthe (2014). Kə lə kə, kə la ŋʊrʊ Kəkpəə-kə Guide pour aider les scolarisés en français à lire et écrire l’akébou (Guide de transition français - akébou). SIL Togo.