Sembla language

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Sembla
Seenku
Region Burkina Faso
Native speakers
16,000 (2009) [1]
Niger–Congo
Language codes
ISO 639-3 sos
Glottolog seek1238

Sembla, or Seenku, is a Western Mande language within the Samogo group of Burkina Faso. The northern and southern dialects, Timiku and Gbeneku, are easily intelligible.

The language is also known as Samogho and "Southern Samo", which is also the name of one of the Samo languages.

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References

  1. Sembla at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg