Wamey (Wameỹ / Koñagi)

Wamey is member of the Tenda branch of the Senegambian language family. It has about 38,000 speakers in the Tambacounda region in the southeast of Senegal and in the Mali Prefecture in the north of the Labé Region in the northwest of Guinea.

Wamey is also known as Konyagi, Conhague, Coniagui, Koniagui or W̃eỹ. Wamey speakers call their language Wameỹ or Koñagi, and they are known as the Wamei or Konyagi people. Wamey is written with the Latin alphabet.

Wamey alphabet (Alëfabe Wameỹ)

Download an alphabet chart for Wamey (Excel)
Details of the Wamey alphabet (PDF) provided by Wolfram Siegel

Sample text

Yesu më ntehnëkëhni: «Ge njëfa?un, dehnëryin: “Apa, ara?i vahnë va fop njavëtëni W~ën husëvah yeru; ara?i naw~ hu ?a njij.
?ë?ëryifu fac-wo-fac ile rokë?ëfun.
Tavëhnëryifu ile w~enë?un ?a ka?i tavëhnë?ëfunëhëhni fop vële lëntahnë?ëhëfu va. Ant'aw~aw~ aravëfu yëkëhnahnifu gë wameh.”»

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/2254/LUK.11.COU

Translation

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
The Lord's Prayer - Luke 11: 2-4

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.11.KJV

Sample video

Information about Wamey | Numbers | Tower of Babel

Links

Information about Wamey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wamey
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coniagui_(langue)
https://www.101lasttribes.com/tribes/konyagi.html
http://www.language-archives.org/language/cou
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/cou
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/wame1240

Senegambian languages

Adamaua Fulfulde, Bassari, Fula(ni), Maasina Fulfulde, Ménik, Serer, Wamey, Wolof

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created on 21.04.26. Last modified: 22.04.26

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