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Sembla language

Western Mande language of Burkina Faso

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Not to be confused with Southern Samo language.

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
Seenku
RegionBurkina Faso
Native speakers
16,000 (2009)[1]
Niger–Congo
Language codes
ISO 639-3sos
Glottologseek1238

The language is also known as Samogho and "Southern Samo", which is also the name of one of the Samo languages.

Further reading

  • 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

  1. ^ Sembla at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  


 

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