Kpeego

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A language of Burkina Faso

ISO 639-3
cpo
Alternate Names
Noumou, Noumoukan, Numu
User Population

2,000 (2012 SIL).

Location

Cascades region: Leraba province, Kankalaba department, Noumousoba and Tourny villages; southwest.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Northwestern
Language Use

Highly bilingual in local languages and trade languages. Some young people, all adults. Children do not always grow up speaking Kpeego (2012 S. Showalter).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kpeego
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Kpeego speakers are blacksmiths.