/dz/ is one of the six double consonants sounds; /dz/ /gh/ /kh/ /ny/ /ts/ /zh/, found in the second edition of Nkwen Language Alphabet. These sounds are made up of two consonants but are considered as single sounds. When written in the upper case, the two letters are capitalized as follows; /DZ/ /GH/ /KH/ /NY/ /TS/ /ZH/. E.g.
1. “NYwɛ̀ – God”.
2. “DZà’a- jump” when it comes at the beginning of a sentence. Below are some words and a short reading text with the /dz/ sound.
DZ dz
dzàˀa → to jump
dzìtә̂ → to stake
dzɔ̀ŋǝ → to lick
àdzɔ̀ŋǝ → a giant
dzinә → to sneeze
ǹdzàà → an axe
ǹdzɔŋә̀ → a thorn
ǹdzɔŋ-ndzɔŋә̀ → thorns
ǹdziŋә̀ → a bell
ǹdzìŋә̀ → a dream
ә̀dzwaŋә̀ → palm front
ә̀dzuŋә̀ → things
ǹdzàŋә̀ → a song
ǹdzàŋә → palm kernels
ǹdzaŋә → xylophones
ǹdzә̀mә̌ → darkness
Tɔŋtә nә̀
Ǹdziŋә̀ ndyâ ŋwàˀàrә̀ ә bɔ̀ŋnә̌. Ǹdzaˀa tiŋә̀ ŋ̀khәtә̌ mbәˀәma fә̀ˀә̀ a cya. Ə̀dzuŋә jwi dzwi mәmә abàà zhә. À kɔŋә bùˀu ndzaŋә kә dzàˀa bεnә.
Free Translation
The church bell is ringing. Ndzah is in a haste because he is late. His things are in his bag. He likes to play xylophones, jump and dance.
