# Kebu language

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{{Short description|Ghana–Togo Mountain language}}
{{distinguish|Ndo language}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Akebu
|nativename=''Kebu''
|states=[Ghana](/source/Ghana), [Togo](/source/Togo)
|region=
|speakers={{sigfig|70,300|2}}
|date=2012
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=[Atlantic–Congo](/source/Atlantic%E2%80%93Congo_languages)
|fam3=[Kwa](/source/Kwa_languages)
|fam4=[Kebu–Animere](/source/Ghana%E2%80%93Togo_Mountain_languages)
|iso3=keu
|glotto=akeb1238
|glottorefname=Akebu
}}
{{infobox ethnonym||Əkpəβə||Kᵼkpəkə|Akebu}}
'''Akebu''' or '''Kebu''' (also ''Kabu''; in {{langx|fr|akébou}}) is one of the [Ghana–Togo Mountain languages](/source/Ghana%E2%80%93Togo_Mountain_languages) spoken by the [Akebu people](/source/Akebu_people) of southern [Togo](/source/Togo) and southeastern [Ghana](/source/Ghana). It is a tonal language with nominal classes. Akebu is closely related to the [Animere language](/source/Animere_language).

In 2002 there were about 56,400 speakers, located primarily in the Akébou district of the [Plateau Region](/source/Plateaux_Region%2C_Togo) of Togo.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

== Writing system ==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Kebu alphabet{{sfn|Sossoukpe|2014}}
| a || b || c || d || ɖ
| e || ə || ɛ || f || g
| gb || h || i || ɩ || j
| k || kp
|-
| l || m || n || ny || ŋ
| o || ɔ || p || r || s
| t || u || ʊ || v || w
| y || z
|}

==Bibliography==
* Yao Koffi, ''Akebu-Deutsch-Wörterbuch'', Deutsches Akademischen Austauschdienstes, Sarrebruck (Allemagne), 1981, 433 p.
* Yao Koffi, ''Sprachkontakt und Kulturkontakt : eine Untersuchung zur Mehrsprachigkeit bei den Akebu in Togo'', Sarrebruck, 1984, 180 p.
* Jacques Sossoukpe, ''Vitalité ethnolinguistique suivie d'une esquisse phonologique de l'Akébou'', Lomé (Togo), 2008.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Works cited===
* {{cite book |first=Marthe |last=Sossoukpe |title=Kə lə kə, kə la ŋʊrʊ Kəkpəə-kə Guide pour aider les scolarisés en français à lire et écrire l’akébou (Guide de transition français - akébou) |date=2014 |publisher=SIL Togo |url=https://www.projetakebou.com/fr/le-guide-de-transition}}

{{Languages of Ghana}}
{{Languages of Togo}}
{{Kwa languages}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Ghana–Togo Mountain languages
Category:Languages of Togo
Category:Languages of Ghana

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Category:Languages with a Translation of the New Testament

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