Alphabets of Africa

COTE D'lVOIRE

NIABOUA (KRU)

PHONEMES AND ORTHOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS

EXAMPLES

ivl

P

fhl

b

Ibl

bh

N

t

1^1

d

hi

c

N

J

M

k

l%l

9

0^1

kw

/Q"^/

gw

/kp/

kp

/gb/

gb

/if

i

III

I

/e/

e

/8/

8

Imf

m

M

n

/JV

ny

/g/

ng

/a/

/V/ Vn (except /e/ or /of)

Tones:

very high
high
mid
low

"M
'M

unmarked
-M

Iff

f

a

•la

to call, name

M
/si

y

b

bi

to encircle

s

bh
c

bhu
'cu

leg
moon

M

z

d

de

to buy

N

l,r

e

gbe

dog

/w/
/J/

w

e
f

-fanu

thing
fear

y

g

-go

maize

gb

gbe

dog

gw

gwE
"si

chimpanzee
yam

"nyi

to give

ju

kind of tree

-kobi)

rice

kp

kpa

bone

kw
I

kwla
lu

bush
song

/u/

u

m
n

'mu
"ni

hunger
water

/^/

u

ng

ngaze

pizie

/o/

o

ny

•nyi

to give

hi

o

-lo

to plant

3

D

-ko

to command

P

pi

to prepare

r

•Iru

head

s

•si

yam

t

tu

tree

u

tu

tree

u

lu

song

V

'ven

beard

w

wlu

word

y

yDlu

viper

z

zmi

fish

ALPHABET

a b bh c d e c f g gb gw i I j k kp kw 1 m n ng ny o
aprstuDvwyz

number of graphemes 34

Alphabets of Afrtea

edited by Published by UNESCO Regional office in Dakar (DKEDA)

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Rhonda L. Hartell isbn : 92-9091-020-3 © unesco 1993

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