Sembla, or Seenku, is a Western Mande language within the Samogo group of Burkina Faso. The northern and southern dialects, Timiku and Gbeneku, are easily intelligible.
Sembla | |
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Seenku | |
Region | Burkina Faso |
Native speakers | 16,000 (2009)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sos |
Glottolog | seek1238 |
The language is also known as Samogho and "Southern Samo", which is also the name of one of the Samo languages.
Further reading
edit- McPherson, Laura (2020). "Seenku". Illustrations of the IPA. Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 50 (2): 220–239. doi:10.1017/S0025100318000312, with supplementary sound recordings.
References
edit- ^ Sembla at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)