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Likpe language

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Likpe
Sekpele
Native toGhana
RegionVolta Region, north of Hohoe
Native speakers
23,000 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3lip
Glottologsekp1241
ELPSekpele
Likpe
PersonƆkpεlá
PeopleBakpεlá
LanguageSεkpεlé

Likpe or Sekpele (also Bosele, Mu) is spoken in the mountainous central part of the Volta 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.

References

  1. ^ Likpe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)