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

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.

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) Closed access icon


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