/ɛ/ is one of the vowel sounds in Nkwen Language. It is an open mid sound different from the /e/ which is a close mid sound. It mostly surfaced at the medial and final positions in words. Here are some of the words and a short reading exercise below.
Є ε
M̀bὲrә → black berries
m̀bὲrә̂ → a lazy one
m̀bεnә̀ → a fight
fὲrә̀ → wind
fὲtә̂ → separate a fight
ǝ̀lὲrә̀ → a twine
bὲ’ὲtә̀ → flash light
àbεrә̀ → a traditional chair
bεtә → to quench
àkwε̌ → a bone
àkwὲˀὲ →upper part of the leg (thigh)
nǝ̀kùwɛ̀ – a pilar
Toŋtә nә̀
Àmbε bǝ̌ m̀bὲrә̂. À koŋә tyә mbεnә susu. A ghә ǹtsὲˀε mbὲrә̀ ma fὲrә̀ cya ŋ̀kùtә̂. À bә bεntә bu su jyә. À koŋә àfàˀà bәbὲrә susu. Nǝ̀kùwɛ̀ nǝ ndyâ zhi zǝtsǝ bǝ’ǝnǝ, a kakǝ nyɛ̀sǝ̀.
Free Translation
Ambe is a lazy one. He likes to fight a lot. He has picked up some black berries plucked by wind to prepare and eat. He likes being lazy. One of the pillars of his house is broken and he has not mended it.
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