Harshen Kpelle /kəˈpɛlə/ [1] (endonym: "Kpɛlɛɛ" [2]) Mutanen Kpelle na Laberiya, Guinea da Ivory Coast ne ke magana da shi kuma yana daga cikin dangin yaren Mande. Kpelle na Guinea (wanda aka fi sani da Guerze a Faransanci), wanda mutane rabin miliyan ke magana, an fi mayar da hankali ne, amma ba kawai ba, a yankunan gandun daji na kudu maso gabashin Guinea da ke kan iyakar Laberiya, Ivory Coast, da Saliyo. Rabin 'yan Liberiya miliyan suna magana da Kpelle na Liberiya, wanda ake koyarwa a makarantun Liberiya.

Kpelle
Kpɛlɛwoo
Yanki Liberia, Guinea, Ivory Coast
Ƙabila Kpelle people
'Yan asalin magana
(Samfuri:Sigfig million cited 1991–2012)[3]
African reference alphabet, Kpelle syllabary
Lamban rijistar harshe
ISO 639-2 kpe
ISO 639-3 kpeinclusive code
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Glottolog kpel1252[4]

Addu'ar Ubangiji a Kpelle: [5]

Kunâŋ gáa ŋele sui,
Ka yi amfani da ita wajen kawo karshen wani abu.
Tuna Ikâloŋ-laai ne,
Shin, ka yi amfani da shi a matsayin mai kula da shi.
Nã da ma'anar da aka yi amfani da ita.
I kukɔ sâa a kuɣele-kuu tɔnɔ-tɔnɔ mii-sɛŋ;
I ipôlu fe kutɔ̂ŋ-karaa-ŋai dîa,
Sihu da kuma kuɓarâai ditɔ̂ŋ-karaa-ŋai dîai;
Tɔɔ kutúɛ kufe pili yee-laa-maa su,
Kέlɛ, da kuma kukúla tun daga lokacin da ya faru.

Fasahar sauti

gyara sashe

Sautin da aka yi amfani da shi

gyara sashe
Labari Alveolar Palatal Velar Labari-Velar
Plosive fili p t k k͡p
murya b d ɡ ɡ͡b
Ba a yarda da shi ba ɓ
Fricative fili f s
murya v z ɣ
Trill r
Hanyar gefen l
Hanci m n ŋ
Kusanci j w

Sautin sautin

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A gaba Tsakiya Komawa
Kusa i u
Tsakanin Tsakiya da kuma o
Bude-tsakiya ɛ Owu
Bude a
  1. Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh
  2. "Kpɛlɛɛ Kɔlɔi 2" [Kpelle reader #2]. 2nd ed. Totota: Kpelle Literacy Center, 1959, 1.
  3. Samfuri:Ethnologue18
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  4. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kpelle". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  5. Matthew 6:9-13 in the Gbanaŋ-woo-kɛɛ ninai ["Kpelle New Testament"]. Monrovia: Bible Society in Liberia and United Bible Societies, 1992. Online link.

Haɗin waje

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Samfuri:Languages of Guinea