Kabiyé language

Kabiyé language

Infobox Language
name=Kabiyé
region=Togo, Benin, Ghana
speakers=~730,000
iso2=nic
iso3=kbp
familycolor=Niger-Congo
fam1=Niger-Congo
fam2=Atlantic-Congo
fam3=Volta-Congo
fam4=North
fam5=Gur
fam6=Central
fam7=Southern
fam8=Grusi
fam9=Eastern
script=Latin alphabet

Kabiyé (also Kabiye, Kabyé, Kabye) is a Grusi language spoken primarily in northern Togo, and also by smaller numbers of people in Benin and Ghana. It is one of two national languages of Togo.

Kabiye are also known as Lokpa (Lukpa) in Benin. Lamba and Yaka are dialects.

External links

* [http://unicode.org/udhr/d/udhr_kbp.html The "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" in Kabiyé]
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kbp "Ethnologue" report for language code:kbp]
* [http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Kabiye PanAfriL10n page on Kabiye]


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