Kpee language

The Kpee language, Kpeego, commonly called Numu (Noumoukan), is a Mande language spoken by blacksmiths (numu) in Burkina Faso. It is thought to be similar to Ligbi in Ghana, but no comparison has been done.

Kpee
Numu
Kpeego
Native toscattered throughout southwest Ivory Coast
EthnicityKpeera (Numu)
Native speakers
≈ 2,000 (2012)[1]
Niger–Congo
  • Mande
    • Western Mande
      • Central
        • Manding–Jogo
Language codes
ISO 639-3cpo
Glottologkpee1234
PersonKpee
PeopleKpeera
LanguageKpeego

References
  1. Kpee at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)


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