The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Bokonya (Boko)
Dṹnia guu yãa píi bui mɛ̀ndoɛ, yã́ doũ wì o.
Lá gbɛ̃́ↄ lɛ́ sↄ̃kĩikpakpa gukpɛ oi, kɛ́ aa kà Babiloni bùsu gusalalau, ↄ̃ aa zↄ̃̀lɛ we.
Aa òkↄ̃ɛ: Wà gɛ wà bilikibↄ, wí kpasa maamaa. Biliki mɛ́ ń gbɛ ũ, kↄtaa mɛ́ ń sĩmaa ũ.
Ɔ̃ aa mɛ̀: Wà mɛɛwia kálɛ wà kpɛdidiakↄ̃a bo, a misona zↄ̃ luabɛwa. Wà wázĩa tↄbↄ, kɛ́ wásu gↄ̃ gbándodo dṹnia guuo yã́i.
Ɔ̃ Dii pìla à mɛɛwiapi gwà ń kpɛ́ lɛsĩ pↄ́ gbɛ̃nazĩnaↄ bòo.
Ɔ̃ à mɛ̀: Ampii an bui doũɛ, yã́ doũ aaì o, ↄ̃ yã́ pↄ́ aa bↄ̀òn laa? Yã́ pↄ́ aa a làasookɛ̀, tiasa aa kɛɛ, pↄe a kpánɛ́ a guu lↄo.
Wà pila gɛ́ we wà ń yã́ yãalɛnɛ́, kɛ́ aasu kↄ̃ yãma lↄo.
Ɔ̃ Dii ń fãaa we gbándodo dṹnia guu píi, ↄ̃ aa ń mɛɛwia kálɛa tò.
A yã́ mɛ́ tò wà tↄkpà wɛ̃́lɛpiɛ Babɛli, asa wekĩi ↄ̃ Dii tò dṹnia bui píi yã́ bↄ̀u. Za wekĩi à ń fãaa dṹnia guu píi.
Source: Bible in Boko language , SIM 2009.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
Boko is a member of the Mande branch of Niger-Congo languages
spoken in Benin and Nigeria by about 110,000 people.
More information about Boko
http://www.ethnologue.org/language/bqc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_language
Tower of Babel in Mande languages
Boko ,
Busa ,
Dyula ,
Kpelle ,
Maninka ,
Mixifore ,
Soninke ,
Susu ,
Toma ,
Yalunka
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