Kpee | |
Also Known As: | Numu |
Nativename: | Kpeego |
States: | scattered throughout southwest Ivory Coast |
Ethnicity: | Kpeera (Numu) |
Speakers: | ≈ 2,000 |
Date: | 2012 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam1: | Niger–Congo |
Fam2: | Mande |
Fam3: | Western Mande |
Fam4: | Central |
Fam5: | Manding–Jogo |
Fam6: | Jogo–Jeri |
Fam7: | Jogo |
Iso3: | cpo |
Glotto: | kpee1234 |
Glottorefname: | Kpeego |
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.