Kpee language

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Kpee
Numu
Kpeego
Native toscattered throughout southwest Ivory Coast
EthnicityKpeera (Numu)
Native speakers
≈ 2,000 (2012) [1]
Niger–Congo
  • Mande
    • Western Mande
      • Central
        • Manding–Jogo
          • Jogo–Jeri
Language codes
ISO 639-3 cpo
Glottolog kpee1234 [2]
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.

The Mande languages are spoken in several countries in Africa by the Mandé people and include Maninka, Mandinka, Soninke, Bambara, Dioula, Bozo, Mende, Susu, and Vai. There are millions of speakers, chiefly in Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Ivory Coast. The Mande languages have traditionally been considered a divergent branch of the Niger–Congo family, however that categorisation has been controversial.

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Burkina Faso country in Africa

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. It covers an area of around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900 sq mi) and is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north; Niger to the east; Benin to the southeast; Togo and Ghana to the south; and Ivory Coast to the southwest. The July 2018 population estimate by the United Nations was 19,751,651. Burkina Faso is a francophone country, with French as the official language of government and business. Roughly 40% of the population speaks the Mossi language. Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), the country was renamed "Burkina Faso" on 4 August 1984 by then-President Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as Burkinabé. Its capital is Ouagadougou.

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References

  1. Kpee at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kpeego". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.