Responses at Mass in Nkwen Language – Page 4

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 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 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.

Names of Animals in Nkwen Language

Ngwo – a dog

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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RESPONSES AT MASS IN ENGLISH AND NKWEN LANGUAGE

RESPONSES AT MASS IN NKWEN LANGUAGE, The Peoples Part At Mass.

The /ǝ/ sound in Nkwen Language

The /ǝ/ sound in Nkwen Language Ә ә ǝ̀làrә̀ – a bridge Get the Nkwen Language Podcast here. /ə/ is one of the vowel sounds in the Nkwen Language. It is a Mid-Central Vowel that is often called the “schwa” sound but that refers to the symbol that is used and has nothing to doContinue reading “The /ǝ/ sound in Nkwen Language”

TONE MARKS IN NKWEN LANGUAGE

Nkwen is a tone language, that is, a language in which variations in pitch distinguish different words. Tone marks on words can change their pronunciation and meaning when used in isolation and in sentences. Tone variation also makes differences in tenses. When writing this language the different tone marks should be seriously considered. The following tone marks are observed in the Nkwen language:

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