/d/ is a consonant in the Nkwen Language Alphabet. It occurs more frequently at the initial and medial positions in words. It doesn’t come at the final position. Here are words with /d/ and a short reading exercise in Nkwen Language.
D d
dànә̀ → a wine calabash
ǹdǝ̀ǝ → a wedding song
ǹdoŋә̀ → a horn
dәdoˀo → a frog
dàrә̂ → to fly
dә̀sә̂ → to show
dòŋsә̂ → to fit
ǹdòrә̀ → a kind of grass
nә̀dorә̀ → happiness
ǹduŋǝ̀ → husband
ǹdàbàˀà → tobacco
Ǹdòˀoǹywè → a name
àdasә̀ → commission
Ǹdâbòŋә̀ → a name (m)
ǹdǝ̀mǝ → brother/sister
Mә̀toŋtәnә̀ Reading
Mә̀lùˀù lùu mәmә dànә̀ Ǹdìfò. Bì bә nyә kә dorә. Ǹdòˀoǹywè bә niŋә mâtsә nә ǹdoŋә mabrә. Ətàa nyә mәlùˀù ǹkә nyә ǹdàbàˀà. Ndǝ̀mǝ wà bwo ǹduŋǝ yì dorǝ wwa. Bwo bǝlya zo’onǝ ǝ benǝ ǹdǝ̀ǝ nǝ̀loŋǝ.
Free Translation
Ndifor’s calabash is full of wine. We will drink and play. Ndonwie will fill mother’s wine gorde with some. Father is drinking and smoking tobacco. My sister and her husband are playing. They shall do the wedding dance when they are married.
See more on the Nkwen Language Alphabet.
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