Sembla language

Not to be confused with Southern Samo language.

Sembla, or Seenku, is a Western Mande language within the Samogo group of Burkina Faso. The northern and southern dialects, Timiku and Gbeneku, are easily intelligible.

Sembla
Seenku
Region	Burkina Faso
Native speakers	16,000 (2009)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Mande Western Northwestern Samogo Sembla
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sos
Glottolog	seek1238

The language is also known as Samogho and "Southern Samo", which is also the name of one of the Samo languages.

Further reading

• McPherson, Laura (2020). "Seenku". Illustrations of the IPA. Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 50 (2): 220–239. doi:10.1017/S0025100318000312, with supplementary sound recordings.