Weh (Kɨ́wí)

Weh is a member of the Grassfields branch of the Southern Bantoid language family. It is spoken by about 8,000 people in North West Region of Cameroon. In particular, it is spoken in the town of Weh in the commune of Wum, a district in the south of the Menchum department in the north of the North West Region.

Weh is also known as We or Wê, and Weh speakers call their language Kɨ́wí. It can be written with the Latin script, and there is a translation of the Bible in Weh.

Weh alphabet (Bíooŋ yi Sari)

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

Sample text

Yeso n dza tə̀ ghə nə̀, “Abə ghaa dza i gɔŋŋə, ghaa n dza tsu nə̀, Bày, ghə̂ a khə ni ngɔɔmə zəd zə zə̀, ghə zə ufɔɔ zə zə̀ i bwey fa n mbi.
Fu ghey n fəzəə wey u kpiinə tə̀ ghey tsuʼ ndzəm.
Neyzəə bəb i ghey zə, tə ghey neyzəə soʼo bəb zey ghə̂ a loʼ a ghəŋənə tə̀ ghey. Ka bəghəm nə̀ ghey bwu n buʼ kə Satan.”

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/3237/LUK.11.WEH

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 videos

Links

Information about Weh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weh_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weh_(langue)
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/wehh1238
http://www.language-archives.org/language/weh
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/weh
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Weh.htm

Bantoid languages

Abon, Bafanji, Bebe, Bekwarra, Daka, Ipulo, Isu, Jagham, Jarawa, Kemezung, Kenyang, Ki, Koshin, Kung, Mambila, Mbe, Mbuʼ, Medumba, Metaʼ, Mundabli-Mufu, Mundani, Mungbam, Naki, Ndoola, Ngwo, Noni, Nizaa, Pinyin, Saari, Tiv, Vute, Weh, Yambeta

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 13.06.26. Last modified: 13.06.26

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