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.

Akebu
Kebu
Native toGhana, Togo
Native speakers
70,000 (2012)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3keu
Glottologakeb1238
Akebu
PeopleƏkpəβə
CountryKᵼkpəkə

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

Writing system

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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

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

Works cited

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  • 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.