Kebu is a member of the Kwa branch of the Atlantic-Congo language family. It is spoken by about 86,000 in Ghana and Togo, particulary in the Akebou District in the northwest of the Plateux Region in southern Togo, and in the prefectures of Agou and Wawa in eastern Ghana.
Kebu is also known as Kabu, Akebu or Akebou. Kebu speakers call their language Kǝkpǝǝkǝ and themselves Ǝkpǝǝpǝ. It is closely related to Animere, a Kwa language spoken in eastern Ghana.
There are ways to write Kebu with the Latin alphabet, and it is used to some extent in education, literature and the media.
Download an alphabet chart for Kebu (Excel)
Kebu has tones: the high tone can be marked with an acute accent (á). Other tones are not usually marked.
Lǝ ǝkpǝǝpǝ lǝ lǝ enyipǝ 73830 (Lafawǝ tǝpǝrɩmata mǝ ta mǝ tuurunɛŋ mǝ tǝta). Le kpii rǝ Togo la kǝpɔɔlʊsiɛɛkǝ rǝ dutupikaarǝ wǝ́ yǝ la pɔrʊ bɛŋrǝ mǝ Ghana. Ǝkpǝǝkǝ kǝ ri rǝ gǝŋrǝ rɛ ŋʊŋtɛyǝ ŋ nǝ́ǝ pǝ ŋpa. Ŋʊŋtɛyǝ lǝ́ǝ pǝ ǝ wǝ ŋ teeri akɛɛnyʊŋpǝ apǝrɩmata. Lǝŋlǝ yǝ lóo pwo lah wɛ «Ǝkpǝǝpǝ», wǝ́ lǝh kǝrǝkǝ kǝ ri «Kǝkpǝǝkǝ». Paape enyipʊŋpwapǝ pǝ lóo pwo lǝ ǝkǝnǝŋ «Akebu».
Source: https://www.projetakebou.com/index.php/keu/bienvenus-en-akébou
We, the Akebou, are a people of approximately 73,830 speakers. We live in southern Togo, on the border with Ghana. Located in the Plateaux Region, Akebou country is one of the wettest areas of Togo, with a rainy season lasting more than seven months. We and our language are often known as 'Akebou,' but we call ourselves Ǝkpǝǝpǝ and our language Kǝkpǝǝkǝ.
Source: https://www.projetakebou.com/index.php/fr/bienvenus
Information about Kebu | Numbers
Information about Kebu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebu_language
https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akebu
https://www.projetakebou.com/fr/le-guide-de-transition
https://www.webonary.org/akebu/overview/introduction/
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Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 19.05.25. Last modified: 20.05.25
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