Months Of The Year in Nkwen Language: Bə̀ŋorə Bә ÀLùŋə̀

1. Ŋorә̀ Ǹchyàmbì – January
2. Ŋorә̀ Àbǝ̀bә – February
3. Ŋorә̀ Ǹchǔmbә̀ŋә̀ – March
4. Ŋorә̀ Àzhә̌ – April
5. Ŋorә̀ Shә̌- ngwenә̀ – May
6. Ŋorә̀ Ǹwùŋnә̀- àlùŋә̀ -June

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The Twelve Months Of The Year in Nkwen Language: Bə̀ŋorə Bә ÀLùŋə̀

1. Ŋorә̀ Ǹchyàmbì – January
2. Ŋorә̀ Àbǝ̀bә – February
3. Ŋorә̀ Ǹchǔmbә̀ŋә̀ – March
4. Ŋorә̀ Àzhә̌ – April
5. Ŋorә̀ Shә̌- ngwenә̀ – May
6. Ŋorә̀ Ǹwùŋnә̀- àlùŋә̀ -June

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Prayer to the Blessed Trinity (The Glory Be) and the Act of Contrition in Nkwen Language

Mә̀kwu’utәnә̀ dzwi a mbwo Әtàa, nә Moo nә̀ Àzhwè zә ŋwà’ànә.
Ma a bi ndzwi mәzhìtәnә̀, a kә ndzwi a tsәtsoŋәnә̀ wi, nә àghә̀mә̀ ntsә̀mә̀ nә mә̀dzwinә̀ mu ma mә lyә kә myè. Adzwilĭ.

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The Profession of Faith; I Believe in Nkwen Language

Mə̀ mbiŋə a mbwo Nywe Ətaa, ma a dzwi nә mә̀tenә mәtsèmә̀. Ma a ghərə nəkaŋə bwo nshye, Nә Moo Ngonә yì wi mò’o Nfò Yesu Kristò, ma bә tu’unə yi mbə’ə Azhwè zə Ŋwa’anǝ̀ Mariyà a jwe yi. A zə ngə’ə zhi nshye wi mbwo Bonto Blato, Bә bu’utә̀ yi nә àbàŋnә̀, a kwo bə twiŋə yε. A tso nghə ndzwi ala’a bə̀ ba kwonǝ̌, njwe tarə a bə̀ŋnə̀ nəwwo. A ko’o nghə̀ nəkàŋə̀ nnunə abwo mà’à Ətàa ma à dzwi nә̀ mә̀tenә̀ mә̀tsә̀mә̀. A lyə bu yii məsa’anə̀ bə bə̀tsə̀mə̀ fəfə nshye. Bà dzwinə nǝ bà kwonə̌. Mә̀ mbiŋә mbwo Àzhwè zә̌ Ŋwa’anə. Nə ǹkùŋsə̀ ndya Nywè Katorә; Nə ǹkùŋsə̀ Bә̀ bâ Ŋwa’anә, nə mә na’anә̀ mә әbwu, nə mə̀zwiŋnə̀ mə m̀bə̀ŋə̀ ǹnu, nə̀ mə̀dzwinə̀ ma mə lyə kə myè. Adzwilìi

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The Gloria in English and in Nkwen Language

Ǹghù’usә dzwi a mbwo Nywè-ngoŋә ma à dzwi fәfә nәkàŋә nә mboonә mbwo ŋù ntsә̀mә̀ fә nshye ma a dzwi nә̀ ntiŋә nshi’inә̀. Bii dorә nә̀ wwò, bii foo wwo, bii myenә wwo, bii ghu’usә wwo. …

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The Hail Mary Prayer in Nkwen Language

Tsὲ’ὲtә̀ Mariyà, ò luu nә̀ grashà Nywè à dzwi nǝ̀ wwò, ò ghà’a ǹchya bә̀ngye bәtsә̀mә̀, mә̀fonә̀ dzwi nә̀ moo wwò, Yesù.
Màriyà Ŋwà’ànә Mya Nywè, shwenә Nywè ambwo bìi bә bă bwu tsәtsoŋnә̀ wi nә àghә̀mә̀ newwo zii, adzwi lǐ.

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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.

The Lord’s Prayer in English and in Nkwen Language

Әtàa wi wu ma ò dzwi nәkàŋә̀, ә̀lwenә̀ wwo bә wù ŋwà’anә, ghә̀rә nsa’à ala’à zhә̀ yii fә nshye wi tsuŋә ma ə̀ dzwi nәkàŋә.
Fyâ mәjyә mu ma mә ku’unә fә a mbwo bìì senә wìi, nna’a әbwu wii tsuŋә ma bìi nà’a әbwu bә bu ma bwo ghә̀rә әbwu nnu bìi. Kә wii nә mὲ’ὲtә̀ bii ghә nduŋә mbwu la fusә wii nu mә̀nyù mă bwu. Adzwilìi. 

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:

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