Sembla, or Seenku, is a Western
Mande language
The Mande languages are spoken in several countries in West Africa by the Mandé peoples and include Maninka, Mandinka, Soninke, Bambara, Kpelle, Dioula, Bozo, Mende, Susu, and Vai. There are "60 to 75 languages spoken by 30 to 40 millio ...
within the
Samogo group of
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...
. 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
Samo (Sane, San, Sa), also known as Mande Samo, is a dialect cluster of Niger-Congo languages spoken in Burkina Faso and Mali.
Varieties
Intelligibility between Samo varieties is low. The following have been coded as separate languages:
*Matya ...
.
References
Samogo languages
Languages of Burkina Faso
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