Lukpa (Lǝkpa)

Lukpa is a member of the Southern Gur branch of the Atlantic-Congo language family. It is spoken by about 160,000 people in Benin and Togo. In particular, it is spoken in Bassila and Ouaké in the Donga Department, and in Tchaourou in the south of Borgou Department in central Benin, and in Kemerida in Bimah Prefecture in the Kara Region in the northeast of Togo.

Lukpa is also known as Legba, Logba, Lugba, Lokpta or Dompago. It is written with the Latin alphabet using a spelling system based on L’Alphabet des langues nationales (The Alphabet of National Languages) of Benin, which was created in 1975. It is officially recognised as a minority language in Benin.

Lukpa alphabet and pronunciation

Lukpa alphabet and pronunciation

Download a Lukpa alphabet chart (Excel) - details provided by Michael Peter Füstumum

Sample text

  1. Mpʋɣʋlɛ Yesu heela-wɛ sɩ: Ye ɩ caa sələmʋɣʋ ɩ́ sələmɩ sɩ: Tacaa, nyá hətɛ ɩ́ wɛɛ katɛ. Tɔɣɔ nyá kawulaɣa.
  2. Haakɩ-tʋɣʋ paa ɩfemle nteɣe tɔɣɔnaɣa.
  3. Hʋ́lə́ɣɩ́-tʋɣʋ suulu kɛ timpi tə pəntəɣəna-ŋ tɔ, ɩsɩɩ tá tɔtɔ tá hʋlʋɣʋʋ suulu kɛ mpa pa pəntəɣəna ta tɔ. Taa yele na tə́ sʋʋ maɣasʋɣʋ ɩsaɣaʋ taa.

Source: https://gospelgo.com/f/lukpa_nt.htm#Luke

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 videos

Links

Information about Lukpa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukpa_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokpa_(langue)
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/dop/
http://www.language-archives.org/language/dop
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/lukp1238
https://phoible.org/inventories/view/769
https://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_dop_ortho-1
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Lukpa.htm
https://www.theinfolist.com/html/ALL/l/L/Lukpa_language.html

Gur languages

Berba, Birifor (Northern), Birifor (Southern), Dagaare, Dagbani, Frafra, Gourmanchéma, Hanga, Kabiye, Kasem, Konkomba, Kulango, Kusaal, Láá Láá Bwamu, Lukpa, Mampruli, Mbelime, Moba, Mossi, Nateni, Nawdm, Ngangam, Ntcham, Paasaal, Safaliba, Sisaali, Tammari, Tem, Tumulung Sisaala, Turka, Waama, Western Sisaala, Yom

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 11.05.26. Last modified: 11.05.26

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