Mastering the Alphabet – Page 8

Nkwen Language Wise Sayings Mǝbǎkò’ò

Àbàa ntəǝ nə̀ kàa nluu. An Advice bag never gets full. Fya azuŋə ambwo ŋù wuma a zhi ǹdwènə̀. Give something to one who knows the value. (Said in a situation where someone takes good care of something)

Nkwen Language Wise Saying Mǝbǎkò’ò

Collective, Uncountable, Abstract Nouns in Nkwen Language

Collective Nouns in Nkwen Language
Collective, Uncountable, Abstract Nouns in Nkwen Language

Collective, Uncountable, Abstract Nouns in Nkwen Language

àtàrə̀ bəsəŋə – a flock of birds Collective Nouns Ndurǝ-ǝdzuŋǝ̀ ǹkàa nyǔ – a swamp of bees ǹgəŋə məmbǒ – a bunch of bananas àtàrə nko’òndzə̀mə̀ – a herd of cattle àtàrə̀ bəsəŋə – a flock of birds ǹno bə – a crowd of people ǹgəŋə nəngùŋə – a bunch of plantains nə̀bəŋə nə ndə̀ŋə – a bunch ofContinue reading “Collective, Uncountable, Abstract Nouns in Nkwen Language”

The Hail Holy Queen Prayer

Tsὲ’ὲtә Mya Nfò ŋwà’ànǝ̌, Mya ǹtsă mә̀liŋәnә̀. Linә medzwinә̀ mi nә ə̀bòŋə̀ wii, nә awiˀitə̀ zii. Bìi kìi a mbwo wwò, Bìi boŋә Ifà. Bìi kə̀sə̀ bə̀tswὲrə̀ nə mə̀loŋnə̀ mii fə mәmә nә̀bә̀mә̀ nә nkyi mmi zìi, o àkù-ntuŋə Nywe, kasə la mmi məlìŋnə mwo nnu bìi. Na’a ngә’ә zi zìi lyǝ mye, dəsə Yesù moo-ngonə ŋwàˀànə̀ wwò a mbwo bìi. O ŋwàˀànə̀, o ǹkoŋә wii, o ə̀lə̀mtə məngònә̀ Màriyà. Àdzwilǐ.

Nkwen Language Alphabet

The first edition of the Nkwen Language Alphabet was established by PROPELCA (Operation Research Project for the Teaching of Cameroonian Languages) together with the then Nkwen Language Translation Committee of the Catholic Mission Futru Nkwen in their Summer Linguistic Courses in Aghiati Bafut in the mid 1990s. It was reviewed by S I L (Société International de Linguistique) and some members of the Nkwen Language Committee in a Summer Linguistics Serminar organized by S.I.L. in July 1999 at CBC Nkwen Bamenda. Thus, this second edition of the Nkwen Language Alphabet is made up of 31 sounds as follows: