Akebu
Akebu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Togo.
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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.
In 2002 there were about 56,400 speakers, located primarily in the Akébou district of the Plateau Region of Togo.
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Words in Akebu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | 5i* | |
| eye | nimi* | |
| ear | tuko* | |
| tooth | don* | |
| hand | ka* | |
| blood | Cya* | |
| bone | gobi* | |
| knee | nunu* | |
| water | mɛ̃̀wə̀ | |
| fire | na* | |
| sun | CyEkEyE* | |
| star | won* | |
| stone | du* | |
| tree | Cyi* | |
| dog | Cyike* | |
| one | yE* | |
| two | yi* | |
| drink | 5u* | |
| see | yire* | |
| hear | nu* | |
| die | gbE* | |
| come | pE* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · akeb1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · keu