Likpe language explained
Likpe |
Also Known As: | Sekpele |
Nativename: | Sεkpεlé |
States: | Ghana |
Region: | Oti Region, north of Hohoe |
Date: | 2003 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Kwa |
Fam4: | Na-Togo |
Fam5: | Lelemi |
Iso3: | lip |
Glotto: | sekp1241 |
Glottorefname: | Sekpele |
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 German: Togorestsprachen or Togo Remnant languages) of the Kwa branch of Niger–Congo.
Phonology
Consonants
!! Labial !! Alveolar !! Palatal !! Velar !! Labial-
velar !! Glottal | voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |
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voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
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Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | | | |
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Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | | |
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Approximant | | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | | pronounced as /ink/ | | |
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- pronounced as /link/ and pronounced as /link/ are rare.
- Clusters include,, and .
Vowels
!!colspan=2Front ! | | Back |
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[-round] | [+round] |
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Close | pronounced as /ink/ | | | pronounced as /ink/ |
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Close-mid | pronounced as /ink/ | | | pronounced as /ink/ |
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Open-mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | | pronounced as /ink/ |
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Open | | | pronounced as /ink/ | | |
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Tones
Likpe has three tones: high, low, and mid.
References
- Book: Allen, Edward Jay . Likpe . West African Language Data Sheets . 2 . M. E. . Kropp Dakubu . 1980 . West African Linguistic Society . LIK 1-LIK 6.
Further reading
- Kevin C. . Ford . On the loss of cross-height vowel harmony . Research Review (Institute of African Studies, Legon, Ghana) . Supplement 4 . 1973.
- Book: Heine, Bernd . Bernd Heine . Verbreitung und Gliederung der Togo-Restsprachen . Reimer . Berlin . 1968 . de.
- Book: Ladefoged, Peter . Peter Ladefoged . A Phonetic Study of West African Languages . Cambridge University Press . London . 1964 . 1801799.
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