Adangme
Adangme is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Ghana.
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The Dangme language, also written Dangbe or Dangbɛ, and less properly Adangme, Dangbe or Adaŋgbi, is a Kwa language spoken in south-eastern Ghana by the Dangme people (Dangmeli). They are part of the larger Ga-Dangme ethnic group. Klogbi is a variant, spoken by the Kloli (Klo or Krobo People). Kropp Dakubu (1987) is the most thorough grammar of the language.
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Written down
Adesahi tsuo ɔ, a bɔ mɛ nɛ nɔ fɛɛ nɔ e ye e he, nɛ nɔ tsuaa nɔsɔ ngɛ odehe si himi kɛ he blɔhi a blɔ fa mi. A bɔ mɛ kɛ nɔ́ se kɔmi kɛ he nule juɛmi, nɛ e hia kaa nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ e na nyɛmi suɔmi kɛ ha nɔ tsuaa nɔ.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Adangme
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | bia* | |
| eye | huNma* | |
| ear | tue* | |
| nose | gugo* | |
| tooth | luNu* | |
| tongue | lila* | |
| hand | nine* | |
| blood | muo* | |
| bone | wu* | |
| skin | hewomi* | |
| knee | nakuCo* | |
| water | nyu | |
| fire | la* | |
| sun | pu* | |
| stone | ta* | |
| tree | Co* | |
| night | 5omi* | |
| dog | gbe* | |
| fish | lo* | |
| one | kake* | |
| two | e5o* | |
| hundred | lafa | |
| I | i | |
| you | mo* | |
| we | wo* | |
| drink | nu* | |
| see | na* | |
| hear | nu* | |
| die | gbo* | |
| come | ba* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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