Yalunka (Yalunkanya)

Yalunka is a member of the Mande branch of Niger-Congo language family. It is spoken in mainly in Guinea, and also in northeastern Sierra Leone, southwestern Mali and Senegal. Yalunka speakers can be found particularly in the north and south of Guinea..

Yalunka is also known as Dialonke or Jallonke. It is closely related to Susu, and is written with the Latin alphabet. A Yalunka translation of the Bible was published in 2013.

Yalunka alphaet

Yalunka alphaet and pronunciation

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Sample text

Yesu yi a fala e xa, a naxa, “Ɛ Ala maxandima ikiini, ɛ naxa, ‘Nxu Fafe, i xinla xa sariɲan, i ya Mangayaan xa fa.
I xa nxɔ lɔxɔ yo lɔxɔ balon fi nxu ma.
I xa nxu mafelu nxu yulubine ra, alo nxu fan bata nxu hakɛ tongone mafelu kii naxan yi. I nama tin nxu xa bira tantanni.’ ”

Source: https://www.yalunkaxuina.com/en/bible/holy-bible-yalunka

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

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Links

Information about Yalunka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalunka_language
https://www.academia.edu/7585583/A_Linguistic_Analysis_of_the_Yalunka_Language
https://www.yalunkaxuina.com/en/welcome
https://phoible.org/inventories/view/895
https://www.101lasttribes.com/tribes/yalunka.html

Mande languages

Bambara, Bissa, Boko, Busa, Dan, Dioula, Duun, Guro, Kpelle, Loma, Mandinka, Maninka, Mano, Mende, Soninke, Susu, Vai, Yalunka

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page last modified: 09.01.26

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