Misplaced Pages

Kpee language

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Mande language spoken in Ivory Coast
Kpee
Numu
Kpeego
Native toscattered throughout southwest Ivory Coast
EthnicityKpeera (Numu)
Native speakers≈ 2,000 (2012)
Language familyNiger–Congo
  • Mande
    • Western Mande
      • Central
        • Manding–Jogo
Language codes
ISO 639-3cpo
Glottologkpee1234
PersonKpee
PeopleKpeera
LanguageKpeego

The Kpee language, Kpeego, commonly called Numu (Noumoukan), is a Mande language spoken by blacksmiths (numu) in Burkina Faso. It is thought to be similar to Ligbi in Ghana, but no comparison has been done.

References

  1. Kpee at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Languages of Burkina Faso
Official language
Regional languages
Indigenous
languages
Mande
Gur
Senufo
Wara–Natyoro
Other
Immigrant languages


Stub icon

This article about Mande languages is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
Kpee language Add topic