- Source: Kpelle language
The Kpelle language (endonym: "Kpɛlɛɛ") is spoken by the Kpelle people of Liberia, Guinea and Ivory Coast and is part of the Mande language family. Guinean Kpelle (also known as Guerze in French), spoken by half a million people, is concentrated primarily, but not exclusively, in the southeastern forest regions of Guinea bordering Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone. Half a million Liberians speak Liberian Kpelle, which is taught in Liberian schools.
Sample
The Lord's Prayer in Kpelle:
Kunâŋ gáa ŋele sui,
Tɔɔ ku iláai siɣe a maa waa.
Tɔɔ Ikâloŋ-laai é pá,
Tɔɔ ínîa-mɛni é kέ,
Nɔii ma ɓɛ yɛ̂ɛ berei gáa la Ɣâla-taai.
I kukɔ sâa a kuɣele-kuu tɔnɔ-tɔnɔ mii-sɛŋ;
I ipôlu fe kutɔ̂ŋ-karaa-ŋai dîa,
Yɛ̂ɛ berei kwa kupôlu fè la kuɓarâai ditɔ̂ŋ-karaa-ŋai dîai;
Tɔɔ kutúɛ kufe pili yee-laa-maa su,
Kέlɛ, i kukúla mɛni nyɔ́mɔɔ su.
Phonology
= Consonants
== Vowels
=References
External links
PanAfriL10n page on Kpelle/Guerzé
Omniglot: Kpelle syllabary
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Aksara Kpelle
- Abjad Ibrani
- Rumpun bahasa Mande
- Aksara Han
- Alfabet Yunani
- Katakana
- Ideogram
- Aksara Bali
- Kanji
- Hieroglif Mesir
- Kpelle language
- Kpelle people
- Kpelle syllabary
- Kpelle
- Languages of Guinea
- Mande languages
- List of official languages
- Languages of Liberia
- ISO 639 macrolanguage
- Kono language
