Likpe dialect

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The Likpe dialect is a variety of the Siwu language spoken by the Likpe people in the Volta Region of Ghana.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of Siwu language
alternateName Likpe Siwu NERFINISHED
Siwu (Likpe variety) NERFINISHED
belongsTo Togo Remnant languages (areal group) NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Akpafu dialect of Siwu
country Ghana
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Likpe people NERFINISHED
hasConsonantInventory rich consonant system including labiovelars
hasISO639-3Code akp
hasNumberOfSpeakers several thousand speakers
hasPhonology tonal
hasToneFunction grammatical tone
hasToneFunction lexical tone
hasWordOrder SVO
languageFamily Kwa languages
Niger–Congo languages
locatedNear Ghana–Togo border NERFINISHED
partOf Siwu language NERFINISHED
region Oti-Volta area of Ghana NERFINISHED
spokenBy Likpe people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Ghana NERFINISHED
Volta Region NERFINISHED
usedAs marker of Likpe ethnic identity
usedFor everyday communication in Likpe communities
usedIn Likpe traditional cultural practices
oral literature of Likpe people
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Siwu language hasDialects Likpe dialect