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Alias		Sɛkpɛlé, Likpe, Mu, Bosele
KLASSIFIZIERUNG		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Kwa
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3; Glottolog
SPRACHENCODE		lip; sekp1241
VARIANTEN & DIALEKTE		Sɛkpɛlé (Situnkpa Semate Sela) Sekwá Sɛlɛ
DOWNLOAD		Als csv
WEITERE RESSOURCEN		OLAC-Suche

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Informationen von: “Documentation and description of Sɛkpɛlé: a Ghana-Togo mountain language of Ghana” . Cephas Delalorm (2016)

Bedroht

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000-99,999
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
25,000, a majority of whom are Sɛkpɛlé speakers
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
Updated numbers from the 2010 census are not readily available. Over 1,000 native speakers live in the diaspora.

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 2002

NUTZUNGSBEREICHE
ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN
VERBREITUNG
SPRECHEREINSTELLUNG: Sɛkpɛlé is normally the first language children acquire before they are in contact with other languages.
ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN
KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT: English is the official language for administration, formal setting, and education.
Rechtschreibung: Public school literacy materials for mother tongue teaching are not available; however, the Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation (GILLBT) collaborated to produce primers and classes for language training and literacy.

ORTE: Spoken along the Akwapim Range in the Central Volta region on the Ghana side of the Togo border. Most speakers live in the Likpe communities northeast of Hohoe: Bakwa, Nkwanta, Mate, Bala, Todome, Abrani, Koforidua, Agbozume, Avedzime, and Kukurantumi.

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
23,400
Muttersprachler weltweit

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 2003

ORTE: Ghana

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Volta Region, north of Hohoe

Bedroht

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~15,000
Muttersprachler weltweit
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
"The names Sekwa and Sekpele refer to dialects of the same language for the approximately 15,000 ethnic Likpe."

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN
ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN
KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT: "It is losing ground in favour of the dominant language in the area, Ewe, which is becoming more and more of a primary language for the Likpe people."

ORTE: Africa

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: "...spoken in southeastern Ghana."

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~25,000
Muttersprachler weltweit

ORTE: Upper Volta region, Ghana

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: "Spoken primarily by ten Likpe communities north-east of Hohoe (the district capital which is an Ewe community) in the central Volta Region of Ghana"

				Ghana-Togo Mountain Languages Locations	Web page				http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/GTML%%20Website/GTMLanguagetables/GTMLlocations.htm	Roger Blench	Roger Blench. "Ghana-Togo Mountain Languages Locations." Online: http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/GTML%%20Website/GTMLanguagetables/GTMLlocations.htm.			23,400	2003	10000-99999					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Ghana	Volta Region, north of Hohoe
			2016	Documentation and description of Sɛkpɛlé: a Ghana-Togo mountain language of Ghana			London, England	SOAS, University of London	https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/77066664.pdf; http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/22780	Cephas Delalorm			25,000, a majority of whom are Sɛkpɛlé speakers		2002	10000-99999	Updated numbers from the 2010 census are not readily available. Over 1,000 native speakers live in the diaspora.	Ewe, English, French, Lelemi, Ahlo, Siwu	Sɛkpɛlé is normally the first language children acquire before they are in contact with other languages.	English is the official language for administration, formal setting, and education.	Threatened (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	11	12	Spoken along the Akwapim Range in the Central Volta region on the Ghana side of the Togo border. Most speakers live in the Likpe communities northeast of Hohoe: Bakwa, Nkwanta, Mate, Bala, Todome, Abrani, Koforidua, Agbozume, Avedzime, and Kukurantumi.		7.1060,0.360
070071197X	3	1	2007	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages		Routledge	Abingdon			Christopher Moseley	Moseley, Christopher. 2007. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X	ll_pub		~15,000		10000-99999	"The names Sekwa and Sekpele refer to dialects of the same language for the approximately 15,000 ethnic Likpe."	Sekwa, Sekpele, Ewe		"It is losing ground in favour of the dominant language in the area, Ewe, which is becoming more and more of a primary language for the Likpe people."	Threatened (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			13	Africa	"...spoken in southeastern Ghana."
			2011	"Description and Documentation of Sekpele" HRELP Abstract					http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=280	Delalorm, Cephas	Delalorm, Cephas. 2011. ""Description and Documentation of Sekpele" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=280.			~25,000		10000-99999					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Upper Volta region, Ghana	"Spoken primarily by ten Likpe communities north-east of Hohoe (the district capital which is an Ewe community) in the central Volta Region of Ghana"

Sekpele

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

Bedroht

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000-99,999

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

23,400

Bedroht

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~15,000

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~25,000

Diskussion

Sekpele

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

Bedroht

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000-99,999

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

23,400

Bedroht

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~15,000

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~25,000

Diskussion

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