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Sekpele

Sekpele is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Ghana. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Sekpele · 7.2°N 0.6°E

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.

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Words in Sekpele

MeaningWordRomanization
namediye*
eyedinami*
earkoto*
noselaNo*
toothlayi*
tongueodiakami*
handkoni7*
bloodkotoN*
bonedikubi*
skinkukwa*
kneelekoNki*
waterntu*
fireuta*
sunkofe*
stonelebambi*
treekuyi*
nightkaCa*
dogokpa*
fishlakpa*
oneoNwa*
twoinwa*
Ima*
youfa*
webo*
drinkbuna*
seebu5a*
hearbono*
diebukpa*
comebuba*
pathkusu*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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  • SeleeAtlantic-Congo93% alike
  • SiwuAtlantic-Congo87% alike
  • TafiAtlantic-Congo87% alike
  • AvatimeAtlantic-Congo86% alike
  • FrafraAtlantic-Congo80% alike
  • LandomaAtlantic-Congo79% alike

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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