Lelemi or Lefana (Lε-lεmi, Lε-fana) is spoken by the Buem people in the mountainous Volta Region of Ghana. It belongs to the geographic group of Ghana Togo Mountain languages (traditionally called the Togorestsprachen or Togo Remnant languages) of the Kwa branch of Niger–Congo.
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Native to | Ghana |
Region | Jasikan |
Ethnicity | Buem |
Native speakers | 49,000 (2003)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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ISO 639-3 | lef |
Glottolog | lele1264 |
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