Likpe (Sεkpεlé)

Likpe is a member of the Kwa branch of the Atlantic-Congo language family. It has about 23,000 speakers mainly in southern Ghana, particularly in the Hoehoe Distict in the north of the Volta Region.

Likpe is also known as Sekpele, Sεkpεle, Sekwe, Bosele or Mu, and Likpe speakers call their language Sεkpεlé or Sεkua, and themselves Bakpεle or Bakua.

A way to write Likpe with the Latin script was developed by the Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation (GILLBT) for a Likpe translation of the Bible.

Likpe alphabet and pronunciation

Likpe alphabet and pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Likpe (Excel)

Sample text

  1. Mfó nya Yesu lɛtɛyi mǝ nkǝ, “Lǝ bɛlɛ ola botoo, bɛtɛyi biǝnkǝ, ‘Bo Anto, tǝ lǝ bakpasǝ fǝ diye. Fǝ sekadidi lǝ sibǝ. Beyifo lǝ fǝ lelabi ǝsuǝ lǝ kasɔ mfo fe kase inte kato.
  2. Tǝ bo bo diyi saa eto didisa.
  3. Nya lǝ efi bo abua atsyɛ bo, fe kase bo tsya leefi katsyɛ utidi saa wǝ laata bo kebu. Nya mǝntǝ lǝ budufǝ lǝ botokabe ǝsuǝ nya le ǝlǝkǝ bo etsyiko lǝ abua ǝsuǝ.’ ”

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1773/LUK.11.LIP

Translation

  1. And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
  2. Give us day by day our daily bread.
  3. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
    The Lord's Prayer - Luke 11: 2-4

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.11.KJV

Sample video in and about Likpe

Links

Information about Likpe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likpe_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekpele
https://www.likpe-bala.com/about-1
https://endangeredlanguages.com/lang/1309
https://cultureincrisis.org/projects/description-and-documentation-of-sekpele
http://rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/GTML%20Website/GTMLanguagepages/Sekpele/The Sekpele language and people.pdf
http://128.91.252.143/language/lip
https://docslib.org/doc/3140061/delalorm-cephas-2016-documentation-and-description-of-s-kp-l%C3%A9-a-ghana-togo-mountain-language-of-ghana-phd-thesis-soas

Kwa languages

Abidji, Adele, Ahanta, Akan, Akuapem, Anii, Anyin, Avatime, Baoulé, Chakosi, Chumburung, Dangme, Fante, Foodo, Ga, Gonja, Krache, Kyode, Likpe, Logba, Mbato, Nkonya, Nzema, Siwu, Tchaman, Twi

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 15.05.25. Last modified: 15.05.25

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