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About Nkonya Spelling and Pronunciation

  • The following letters are the same as in Akan (Twi) – É›, Å‹, É”.
  • É© is used in some places that Twi would use e. For example, É©bÉ©, 'hand'. If we used Twi spelling this would be spelled ebe. In the pronunciation section of the dictionary entries we've used a small upper case 'I' – ɪ
  • Ê‹ is used differently from the way that it's used in Ewe. In Nkonya, it is a vowel that is used in some places that Twi would use o. For example, É©bÊ‹ 'mountain'. In the pronunciation section of the dictionary entries we've used a character that resembles a 'U' – ÊŠ;
  • e and o are used in other places. For example, igye 'yesterday' and igyo 'yam'.
  • An acute accent is used to mark high tone. The is only used where it's needed to give meaning. For example, afu "lumps" and afú "wind".
  • High tone is used to indicate future tense. For example, compare:
    Igye, nɔyɔ ndɔtɔ "Yesterday I went to farm"
    with
    ƆkÉ›, nÉ”́yÉ” ndÉ”tÉ” "Tomorrow, I will go to farm."
  • The dictionary has a pronunciation section for each entry. It marks the tone and has some other information that's useful to scholars. Some notes on what's in the pronunciation is here
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