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
voicelesspronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/
voicedpronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/
Fricativepronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/
Nasalpronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/
Approximantpronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/

Vowels

!!colspan=2
Front !Back
[-round] [+round]
Closepronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/
Close-midpronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/
Open-midpronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/
Openpronounced as /ink/
Nasal vowels! !!Front !! Central !! Back
Closepronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/
Close-midpronounced as /ink/
Open-midpronounced as /ink/
Openpronounced as /ink/

Tones

Likpe has three tones: high, low, and mid.

References

Further reading

External links