Sekpele (language)
| Sekpele | ||
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Spoken in |
Ghana | |
| speaker | 23,400 (2003) | |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language in | a national language | |
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
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| ISO 639-3 | ||
Sekpele (also Likpe , Mu , Bosele ) is a language with only about 23,400 speakers (2003) in the southeast of Ghana north of Hohoe on the border with Togo .
It is the language of the Sekpele people .
See also
literature
- Allan, EJ: Likpe . In: West African Language Datasheets, II. ME Kropp-Dakubu ed. Leiden: West African Linguistic Society / African Studies Center, Leiden, 1980.
- Ameka, FK: Spatial information packaging in Ewe and Likpe: a comparative perspective. In: Comparing African spaces. S. Neumann ed. 7-34. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe, 1999.
- Ameka, FK: The progressive aspect in Likpe: its implications for aspect and word order in Kwa. In: New directions in Ghanaian Linguistics. FK Ameka & EK Osam eds. 85-111. Legon: Linguistics Department, University of Ghana, 2002.
- Ring, JA ed .: Language Structures of Sɛ kpɛ le (Likpe) . Tamale: Ghana Institute of Linguistics
- Ring, JA, K. Okyerefo & C. Somevi 2002. The Sounds of S kpɛ le: a phonological description. Tamale: Ghana Institute of Linguistics Literacy and Bible Translation , 2003.
- Westermann, D .: Four languages from Mitteltogo: Likpe, Bowili, Akpafu and Adele, together with some remnants of the Boros languages . Messages from the Oriental Languages Seminary, 25: 1-59, 1922.