Tem language

Tem, or Kotokoli (Cotocoli), is a Gur language spoken in Togo, Ghana, Benin and Burkina Faso. It is used by neighboring peoples. In Ghana the Kotokoli people comes from a northern part of the Volta Region a town called Koue. Koue shares boarder with Togo with a small river which is called the Koue river separating it from Togo.

Tem
Kotokoli
RegionTogo, Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso
EthnicityTem people
Native speakers
390,000 (2012–2018)[1]
Latin (Tem alphabet)
Tem Braille
Arabic (former)
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3kdh
Glottologtemm1241

Writing System

Alphabet
Uppercase ABCDƉ EƐFGGb HIƖJK KpLMNNy ŊŊmOƆP RSTUƱ VWYZ
Lowercase abcdɖ eɛfggb hiɩjk kplmnny ŋŋmoɔp rstuʊ vwyz

High tone is indicated by an acute accent: á é ɛ́ í ɩ́ ó ɔ́ ú ʊ́, no accent indicates low tone. Long vowels are indicated by doubling the letter: aa ee ɛɛ ii ɩɩ oo ɔɔ uu ʊʊ, both are accented if the tone is high: (áá etc.), only the first is accented if the tone is descending (áa), only the second is accented if the tone is ascending (aá).

References

  1. Tem at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)


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