Yamba

Yamba is a member of the Eastern Grassfields group of the Southern Bantoid languages. It is spoken by about 80,000 people in the southwest of southern Cameroon and eastern Nigeria. In particular, it is spoken in the Nwa Sub-Division in the Donga-Mantung Department in the Northwest Region of Cameroon, and in Mbem, a village in Eastern Region of Nigeria.

Yamba is also known as Bebaroe, Boenga Ko, Kakayamba, Mbem, Mbubem, Muzok, and Swe’nga. Dialects include Gom, Mfe, Nkot, Ntong, Kwak, Mbem, Ngung, Bom, Sih, Nwa, Ntim, Gamfe, Rom, Gwembe, Saam, Fam, and Yang.

The General Alphabet for Cameroon Languages was adopted in 1979, and Yamba is written with a version of that alphabet. The Mbem dialects is used as the basis for written Yamba. There is a dictionary and some radio programmes in the language.

Yamba alphabet and pronunciation

Yamba alphabet and pronunciation

Sample text

  1. Yi dʉk fa wo də, <<Wèeŋ cu ŋgòlɛŋ, wèŋ cep dʉk də: <Tɛ̀', kə̀kùksə̀ə ye bə liŋ yo. Gaŋ ŋkum yo sə və.
  2. Fa ves bɛŋ sə̀ co vès zʉ nùumbu pwe'.
  3. Swì fa ves bʉp avès, bʉ̀ʉsə̀ vès swì fagə̀ ndàaŋwè pwe' nə̀ yi gʉ̀gə̀ ves bʉp sə̀'. Kà ves mvwe' sə̀ co mə̀mumsə̀ kə tseŋ ves jə lò.> >>

Source: https://www.bible.com/en-GB/bible/1160/LUK.11.YAM

Translation

  1. 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.
  2. Give us day by day our daily bread.
  3. 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 in Yamba

Links

Information about the Yamba language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamba_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamba_(langue)
https://www.webonary.org/yamba/
http://olac.ldc.upenn.edu/language/yam
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/yam

Bantoid languages

Awing, Bafanji, Bamum, Bamunka, Feʼfeʼ, Ghomalaʼ, Kenswei Nsei, Limbum, Medumba, Mmen, Nso, Oku, Pinyin, Tiv, Vengo, Yamba, Yemba

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 22.11.24. Last modified: 25.11.24

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