Tem language

Tem
	Kotokoli
Region	Togo, Ghana, Benin
Ethnicity	Tem people
Native speakers	290,000 in Togo and Benin (2001–2012)[1]; ca. 50,000 in Ghana (1987–1993)[2]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Gur Southern Gurunsi Eastern Tem; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (Tem alphabet); Tem Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kdh
Glottolog	temm1241[3]

Tem (Temba), or Kotokoli (Cotocoli), is a Gur language spoken in Togo, Ghana, and Benin. It is used by neighboring peoples.

Writing System

Alphabet
Uppercase	A	B	C	D	Ɖ	E	Ɛ	F	G	Gb	H	I	Ɩ	J	K	Kp	L	M	N	Ny	Ŋ	Ŋm	O	Ɔ	P	R	S	T	U	Ʊ	V	W	Y	Z
Lowercase	a	b	c	d	ɖ	e	ɛ	f	g	gb	h	i	ɩ	j	k	kp	l	m	n	ny	ŋ	ŋm	o	ɔ	p	r	s	t	u	ʊ	v	w	y	z

High tone is indicated by an acute accent: á é ɛ́ í ɩ́ ó ɔ́ ú ʊ́, no accent indicates low tone. Long vowels are indicated by doubling the letter: aa ee ɛɛ ii ɩɩ oo ɔɔ uu ʊʊ, both are accented id the tone is high: (áá etc.), only the first is accented if the tone is descending (áa), only the second is accented if the tone is ascending (aá).

References

↑ Tem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Tem at Ethnologue (13th ed., 1996).
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Tem". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[e18-1] Tem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[e13-2] Tem at Ethnologue (13th ed., 1996).

[Glottolog-3] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Tem". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.