Kebu language
{{Short description|Ghana–Togo Mountain language}}
{{distinguish|Ndo language}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Akebu
|nativename=Kebu
|region=
|speakers={{sigfig|70,300|2}}
|date=2012
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Kwa
|fam4=Kebu–Animere
|iso3=keu
|glotto=akeb1238
|glottorefname=Akebu
}}
{{infobox ethnonym||Əkpəβə||Kᵼkpəkə|Akebu}}
Akebu or Kebu (also Kabu; in {{langx|fr|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.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
Writing system
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Kebu alphabet{{sfn|Sossoukpe|2014}} | 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
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=Works cited=
- {{cite book |first=Marthe |last=Sossoukpe |title=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) |date=2014 |publisher=SIL Togo |url=https://www.projetakebou.com/fr/le-guide-de-transition}}
{{Languages of Ghana}}
{{Languages of Togo}}
{{Kwa languages}}
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Category:Ghana–Togo Mountain languages
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