Seeku

SOS

vigorous

Alternate Names: Sambla, Samogho, Sembla, Southern Samo

Dialects: Northern Seeku (Timiku), Southern Seeku (Gbeneku). Dialects have good inherent intelligibility. 3 minor dialects.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Mande
Western
Northwestern
Samogo

Demographics: 17,000. 5,000 in the northern dialect (4 villages), 12,000 in the southern (7 villages).

Language Use: All domains. All ages. Also use French [fra], Jula [dyu].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. Motivation for literacy is high. Dictionary. Grammar.

Typology: SOV; tonal.

Nation of Origin: Burkina Faso

Other Comments: Muslim.