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The Kpelle /kəˈpɛlə/[2] language (endonym: "Kpɛlɛɛ"[3]) is spoken by the Kpelle people and is part of the Mande family of languages. Guinean Kpelle (known as Guerze in French), spoken by half a million people, concentrated primarily, but not exclusively, in the forest regions of Guinea, whose capital, Nzérékoré, is the third largest city in Guinea and the largest city in the Guinée forestière region of south-eastern Guinea bordering Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone. Liberian Kpelle, spoken by half again as many, is currently taught in schools in Liberia.

Kpelle
Kpɛlɛwoo
RegionLiberia, Guinea
EthnicityKpelle people
Native speakers
(1.3 million cited 1991–2012)[1]
Language family
Niger-Congo
  • Mande
    • Southwestern
      • Kpelle
Writing system
Kpelle syllabary, African reference alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-2kpe
ISO 639-3kpe – inclusive code
Individual codes:
gkp – Guinea Kpelle
xpe – Liberia Kpelle
knu – Kono
Glottologkpel1252
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A Kpelle speaker, recorded in Liberia.

Sample


The Lord's Prayer in Kpelle:[4]

Kunâŋ gáa ŋele sui,
Tɔɔ ku iláai siɣe a maa waa.
Tɔɔ Ikâloŋ-laai é pá,
Tɔɔ ínîa-mɛni é kέ,
Nɔii ma ɓɛ yɛ̂ɛ berei gáa la Ɣâla-taai.
I kukɔ sâa a kuɣele-kuu tɔnɔ-tɔnɔ mii-sɛŋ;
I ipôlu fe kutɔ̂ŋ-karaa-ŋai dîa,
Yɛ̂ɛ berei kwa kupôlu fè la kuɓarâai ditɔ̂ŋ-karaa-ŋai dîai;
Tɔɔ kutúɛ kufe pili yee-laa-maa su,
Kέlɛ, i kukúla mɛni nyɔ́mɔɔ su.

Phonology



Consonants


Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labial-Velar
Plosive plain p t k k͡p
voiced b d ɡ ɡ͡b
Implosive ɓ
Fricative plain f s
voiced v z ɣ
Trill r
Lateral l
Nasal m n ŋ
Approximant j w

Vowels


Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a

[5]


References


  1. Kpelle at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Guinea Kpelle at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Liberia Kpelle at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Kono at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh
  3. "Kpɛlɛɛ Kɔlɔi 2" [Kpelle reader #2]. 2nd ed. Totota: Kpelle Literacy Center, 1959, 1.
  4. Matthew 6:9-13 in the Gbanaŋ-woo-kɛɛ ninai ["Kpelle New Testament"]. Monrovia: Bible Society in Liberia and United Bible Societies, 1992. Online link.
  5. Thach, Sharon V.; Dwyer, David J. (1981). Kpelle: A Reference Handbook of Phonetics, Grammar, Lexicon, and Learning Procedures (PDF).



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На других языках

[de] Kpelle (Sprache)

Das Kpelle (auch Kpèlé geschrieben) ist eine Sprache der Mande-Gruppe, eines Zweigs der Niger-Kongo-Sprachen. Kpelle wird von der ebenfalls Kpelle genannten Ethnie in Liberia (500.000 Sprecher, [kpe]) und Guinea (300.000, [gkp]) gesprochen.
- [en] Kpelle language

[fr] Kpèllé (langue)

Le kpèllé, aussi écrit kpèlè, kpellé ou kpelle, aussi appelé guerzé, est une langue bantou parlée notamment au Liberia et dans le sud de la Guinée, notamment à Nzérékoré et à Yomou.

[ru] Кпелле (язык)

Кпелле (самоназв. Kpɛlɛwoo, фр. Guerzé) — язык народа кпелле. Распространён в Либерии и Гвинее (провинция Нзерекоре).


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