Likpe language

Kwa language spoken in Ghana
Likpe
Sekpele
Sεkpεlé
Native toGhana
RegionOti Region, north of Hohoe
Native speakers
23,000 (2003)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3lip
Glottologsekp1241
ELPSekpele
Likpe
PersonƆkpεlé
PeopleBakpεlé
LanguageSεkpεlé

Likpe or Sekpele (also Bosele, Mu) is spoken in the mountainous lower part of the Oti 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. ^ Likpe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

External links

  • ELAR archive of Description and Documentation of Sekpele
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