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Kabiyé

A language of Togo

ISO 639-3: kbp

Population	700,000 in Togo (1998 SIL). Population total all countries: 730,000.
Region	Kara region, mostly Kozah and Binah prefectures. 2/3 in Central and Plateau regions, Sotouboua, Blitta, Kloto, Ogou, Amlame, Wawa, and Haho prefectures. Also in Benin, Ghana.
Language map	Togo, reference number 20
Alternate names	Cabrai, Cabrais, Kabre, Kabure, Kabye
Dialects	Kewe, Kijang, Lama-Tissi, Boufale. Lexical similarity 60% between Kabiye [kbp], Lama [las], Tem [kdh], and Lukpa [dop].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Southern, Grusi, Eastern
Language use	National language. Also use French, Tem, or Éwé [ewe].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%–30%. Magazines. Newspapers. Radio programs. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1999.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.

Also spoken in:

Benin

Language name	Kabiyé
Population	30,000 in Benin (Vanderaa 1991).
Region	Donga Province (formerly south Atakora Province), Ouake, Djougou, and Bassila subprefectures, scattered villages.
Language map	Benin, reference number 28
Alternate names	Cabrai, Cabrais, Kabre, Kabure, Kabye
Comments	Traditional religion, Christian.

Ghana

Language name	Kabiyé
Region	North.
Alternate names	Cabrai, Cabrais, Kabire, Kabure, Kabye
Comments	Traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

EWAYI, Alou; MALOU, Abalo, compilers; MARMOR, Thomas W., facilitator. 1999. Tɔm kpou Kabɩyɛ - Fransɩɩ; Dictionnaire Kabiyè -Français avec lexique Français - Kabiyè et esquisse de grammaire Kabiyè.

KARAN, Mark E., author. 1983. "Comparaison entre les discours narratifs kabiyè et lukpa."

KARAN, Mark E., author. 1983. An experiment in computer assisted literature adaptation.

KARAN, Mark E.; MARMOR, Thomas W., authors. 1985. "An experiment in computer-assisted dialect adaptation."

MARMOR, Thomas W., author. 1980. A comparison of Kabiye adult and child narrative discourse.

ROBERTS, David, author. 2002. Les classes tonales du verbe en kabiyè.

ROBERTS, David, author. 2002. The tone classes of Kabiye verbs.

ROBERTS, David, author. 2003. La tonologie des préfixes de modalité en kabiyè.

ROBERTS, David, author. 2003. The tonology of modal prefixes in Kabiye.

ROBERTS, David, author. 2004. Tonal processes in the Kabiye verb phrase.

ROBERTS, David, author. 2005. "The variable status of nasals as tone bearing units in Kabiyè."

ROBERTS, David, author. 2005. L'orthographe des pronoms sujets en kabiyè.

ROBERTS, David, author. 2005. The tone bearing unit in Kabiye: syllable or mora?.

ROBERTS, David, author. 2006. "Double sens, doubles consonnes: une proposition pour effacer des ambiguîtés tonales dans l'orthographe du kabiyè."

ROBERTS, David, author. 2006. "Une idée capitale pour traiter les tons !."

ROBERTS, David, author. 2006. La graphie tonale des langues africaines à la lumière de la psychologie cognitive de la lecture.

ROBERTS, David, author. 2007. Le confectionnement d'une graphie tonale pour le kabiyè.

ROBERTS, David, author. 2007. Tout de suite ou pas?: une proposition pour rendre plus aisée la lecture de deux conjugaisons verbales en kabiyè.

ROBERTS, David, author. 2008. "The two Kabiye orthographies: a sociolinguistic and linguistic comparison."

ROBERTS, David, author. 2008. L'orthographe du ton en kabiyè au banc d'essai.  

ROBERTS, David, author. 2008. L'orthographe du ton dans les langues béninoises.

ROBERTS, David, author. 2008. L'orthographe du ton: nouvelles approches méthodologiques.

ROBERTS, David, author. 2009. "Visual crowding and the tone orthography of African languages."

ROBERTS, David, author. 2010. "Hidden morpheme boundaries in Kabiye: a source of miscues in a toneless orthography."

ROBERTS, David, author. 2011. "Autosegmental and pedagogical considerations in preparation for a tone orthography experiment in Kabiye."

ROBERTS, David, author. 2011. "The development of Kabiye and its status as one of the "national" languages of Togo.."

ROBERTS, David; WALTER, Stephen L., authors. 2012. "Writing grammar rather than tone: An orthography experiment in Togo."

Vernacular Publications

Lɩm cɩdɩcɩdɩ wɛtʋ taa. 1984.

Paamaala: suye maɖʋ sɔsɔ. 2007.

Tɔm kɛdʋʋ. 2011.