According to Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sekpele (identified as 53 on the map of Ghana) is one of the numerous languages spoken in the Volta Region of Ghana (1992, 264). The language is spoken north of Hohoe in southeastern Ghana by a group called Likpe (Mu) (ibid., 270). Sekpele is spoken by 15,000 people and belongs to the Niger-Congo family of African languages. The DIRB is unable to corroborate this information at the present time. For general information on the languages spoken in the Volta Region of Ghana that may be of interest, please refer to page 264 of the attachment.

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 1992. 12th ed. Edited by Barbara F. Grimes. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc.

Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 1992. 12th ed. Edited by Barbara F. Grimes. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc., pp. 263-271.