Lelemi language

Lelemi
	Lefana
Native to	Ghana
Region	Jasikan
Ethnicity	Buem
Native speakers	49,000 (2003)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Kwa Na-Togo Lelemi languages Lelemi; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lef
Glottolog	lele1264[2]

Lelemi or Lefana (Lε-lεmi, Lε-fana) is spoken by the Buem people in the mountainous Volta Region of Ghana. It belongs to the geographic group of Ghana Togo Mountain languages (traditionally called the Togorestsprachen or Togo Remnant languages) of the Kwa branch of Niger–Congo.

References

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

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

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Lelemi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.