Akoose
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Spoken in |
Cameroon | |
| speaker | 100,000 | |
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
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Akoose (also Akosi, Bakossi, Bekoose, Koose, Kosi, Nkoosi and Nkosi) is the language of the Bakossi . It is a Bantu language and is spoken by around 134,000 people in Cameroon .
It is common in the Koupé-Manengouba district in the Sud-Ouest province and in the Moungo district in the Littoral province .
Akoose is written in the Latin script .
classification
Akoose is a Northwest Bantu language and is one of the Ngoe languages within the Lundu Balong group , which is classified as Guthrie Zone A10.
It has the dialects of North Bakossi, West Bakossi, South Bakossi, Mwambong, Ninong, Elung (also Elong, Along and Nlong) and Mwamenam (also Mouamenam).
example
| Akoose | German |
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| Nsannan Maria awê lune nê ngratia, Sangwe a de nê we, e namsan a tinte bebaad, ne epum abum adong Jesus a namsan. A Maria awê sang, Nyê Dioob, kane, ayöle 'jed beböl be mbid, bob nê punde ejed ekwid. Amen. | Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. You are blessed among women, and blessed is the fruit of your body, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. |
literature
- Robert and Sylvia Hedinger: Phonology of Akoose . 1977.
- Robert Hedinger: Some Issues in the Establishment of an Orthography for Akóse . 1985.
- Robert Hedinger: The Manenguba Languages of Cameroon . 1987.