Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 kbp
Kabiyè Language kabɩyɛ
Kabiyè is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 1.0 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Kabiyè is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Kabiyè
Language family
- Atlantic-Congo
- Volta-Congo
- North Volta-Congo
- Gur
- Central Gur
- Southern Central Gur
- Grusi
- East-West Grusi
- Eastern Grusi
- Kabiyeic
- Kabiyè
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Kabiyè language
Kabiyè (kabɩyɛ) is spoken by about 1.0 million people, which makes it the 470th most spoken language in the world — just behind Jambi Malay (1.0 million) and ahead of Pwo Eastern Karen (1.0 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Kabiyeic group within the North Volta-Congo branch.
Where is Kabiyè spoken?
Kabiyè is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Togo (1.0 million).
Kabiyè is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Kabiyè is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Mossi, Dagbani, Southern Dagaare, Dagaari Dioula, Northern Dagara, Farefare and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 kbp.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.