Sembla language
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| Sembla | |
|---|---|
| Seenku | |
| Region | Burkina Faso |
Native speakers | 16,000 (2009)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sos |
| Glottolog | seek1238 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Sembla, Sambla,or Seenku, is a Western Mande language within the Samogo group of Burkina Faso. The northern dialect called Timiku[2] and the southern one called Gbeneku[3] are easily intelligible.
The language is also known as Samogho and "Southern Samo", which is also the name of one of the Samo languages.
This language also has a complex speech replacement system, which is implemented on the Sambla balafon, where the words of the Sambla language are translated into music, similar to the more famous talking drum communication.[4]
Further reading
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Sembla at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
- ^ spoken around Timi, on modern maps Karankasso
- ^ spoken around Gbene, on modern maps Bouende
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