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Days of the week in Nkwen Language : Ǹjwe Məmə̀ Nghà

Ǹjwe Nèfǎ Mǝmǝ̀ Ngha Mǝnkwenǝ: The Eight Days of the Nkwen Week.

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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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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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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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Nkwen Language The Future Tense

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Marked by “bə”, the events or situations in this tense are to be completed a few minutes or a few hours from the moment of speaking on the same day. The certainty that the action will take place is very high.

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