Yaren Kpelle
Harshen Kpelle /kəˈpɛlə/ [1] (endonym: "Kpɛlɛɛ" [2]) Mutanen Kpelle na Laberiya, Guinea da Ivory Coast ne ke magana da shi kuma yana daga cikin dangin yaren Mande. Kpelle na Guinea (wanda aka fi sani da Guerze a Faransanci), wanda mutane rabin miliyan ke magana, an fi mayar da hankali ne, amma ba kawai ba, a yankunan gandun daji na kudu maso gabashin Guinea da ke kan iyakar Laberiya, Ivory Coast, da Saliyo. Rabin 'yan Liberiya miliyan suna magana da Kpelle na Liberiya, wanda ake koyarwa a makarantun Liberiya.
Misali[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Addu'ar Ubangiji a Kpelle: [5]
- Kunâŋ gáa ŋele sui,
- Ka yi amfani da ita wajen kawo karshen wani abu.
- Tuna Ikâloŋ-laai ne,
- Shin, ka yi amfani da shi a matsayin mai kula da shi.
- Nã da ma'anar da aka yi amfani da ita.
- I kukɔ sâa a kuɣele-kuu tɔnɔ-tɔnɔ mii-sɛŋ;
- I ipôlu fe kutɔ̂ŋ-karaa-ŋai dîa,
- Sihu da kuma kuɓarâai ditɔ̂ŋ-karaa-ŋai dîai;
- Tɔɔ kutúɛ kufe pili yee-laa-maa su,
- Kέlɛ, da kuma kukúla tun daga lokacin da ya faru.
Fasahar sauti[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Sautin da aka yi amfani da shi[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
| Labari | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labari-Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | fili | p | t | k | k͡p | |
| murya | b | d | ɡ | ɡ͡b | ||
| Ba a yarda da shi ba | ɓ | |||||
| Fricative | fili | f | s | |||
| murya | v | z | ɣ | |||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Hanyar gefen | l | |||||
| Hanci | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Kusanci | j | w | ||||
Sautin sautin[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
| A gaba | Tsakiya | Komawa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kusa | i | u | |
| Tsakanin Tsakiya | da kuma | o | |
| Bude-tsakiya | ɛ | Owu | |
| Bude | a |
- ↑ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh
- ↑ "Kpɛlɛɛ Kɔlɔi 2" [Kpelle reader #2]. 2nd ed. Totota: Kpelle Literacy Center, 1959, 1.
- ↑ Template:Ethnologue18
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Template:Ethnologue18 - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kpelle". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Matthew 6:9-13 in the Gbanaŋ-woo-kɛɛ ninai ["Kpelle New Testament"]. Monrovia: Bible Society in Liberia and United Bible Societies, 1992. Online link.