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This sound /b/ occurs more frequently in Nkwen Language. It is a consonant that comes at the initial and medial positions in some words. It doesn’t feature at the final position. It is also used in “bǝ̀” (a marker used to form the plurals of some nouns) and “bǝ” as in the future tense markers; “bǝ, bǝ lya, and bǝ lyǝ“. Here are some examples of words with the sound /b/ and a short reading exercise on this sound.
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B b bǎtә̂ → to break (into many pieces) basǝ̂ → to paste bὲˀὲtә̂ → to peal
bǝ̀bǝ̀rǝ̀ → a kind of bird.
àbanǝ̀ → corn fufu/bread
bǎtǝ → wine calabash
bǝ̀bǎtǝ̀ → wine calabashes
bǝ̀ntò → pots
bǝ̀forǝ → rats
bǝ̀fò → fons
bǝ̀sǝŋǝ – birds
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bεntә → to pick biŋә → to accept bìtә̌ → to add biŋsә̂ → to ask bә̀ŋnә̌ → to wake up bisә̂ → to smoothen bàntә̂ → to hate bὲˀὲsә̂ → to encourage negatively borәsә̂ → to calm buˀutә̂ → to nail
Bǝbanǝ̀ > a name (f)
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Mә̀toŋtәnә̀ – Reading Bәbanә̀ à bὲntә̌ mâkàbә̀ nkuŋǝ, mbatә. A bә sùu, niŋә mәmә ǹtò tiˀi bìtә̀ mәwurә bwo fә̀ngwaŋә wә. À bὲˀὲtә ǹgòrәnkwi mә tǒnә̀ wә a byì. Moo yi bә bәŋnә jyә ghә yi ndya àŋwàˀàrә̀. À bǝ kǝ jyǝ ti’i ghǝ̀ yi afò. À bǝlya ti’i ǝla bǝ ǝ̀banǝ mbà’ambà’à ǝ̀zǒ.
Free Translation
Beban has gathered some cocoyams, peeled and break into pieces. After washing, she will put it in a pot then add salt and oil. She has peeled tree bark to use for fire to cook it. Her daughter will wake up and eat before going to school. She will also eat then go to the farm. Tomorrow morning, she will prepare corn fufu instead.
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