Kebu language

Not to be confused with Ndo language.

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 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

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.