This sound /c/ is a double consonant sound in Nkwen Language. /Ch/ features more often in the initial and medial positions in some words. It doesn’t come at the final position.
CH ch
Chә̀nywὲ → a name (m)
chyǎ →. to pass
chyàsә̂ → to send/to give way
chuwa → to clear
chuˀu → to pound
chùu → to soak
chì’i → to shake
chi’i → to cancel
chi’isǝ̂! → Cancel!
chichi’i → a tadpole
àchǝ̌ → a wild animal
ǹchǐ → father-in-law
ànchinǝ̌ → a cricket
ǹchǝ̀ → injunction
ǹchù’u → a thousand
àchìchì → a frightful thing
àchi’ìnә̌ → strong grass (guinea savannah type)
Mә̀toŋtәnә̀ – Reading
Chә̀nywὲ à chwa ǹsùŋә yε. À bә tsɔ̀ˀɔ̀tә achiˀìnә̀ nә àsɔ zhi. À bә tsùˀu tiˀi әliˀi әwὲε mәjyә mi wә. Ǹhcǐ yî bǝ yìi kwɛsǝ yɛ. À cǔ ŋ̀gwàsaŋә bwo mә̀kû ma a bә wὲὲ wε. Ànchinә̀ toŋә̀ ŋ̀gorә̀ yi nsuŋә zhә. Ə bә lyâ fu kwùrә mәnjyә yε.
Free Translation
Chenwie has cleared his farm. He will remove the strong grass with his hoe. After tilling and preparing, he will plant his crops. His father-in-law will come to help him. He has soaked corn and beans for planting. A cricket has dug its hole in his farm. It shall come out and eat his groundnuts (peanuts).
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Excellent lesson. Congrats.
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