Abstract:
Dɛm nhwehwɛmu yi hwehwεε dε obohu Fantse-Borɔfo kasafora nhyehyɛɛ wɔ sentase kwan
do. Bio, iyi nam do ma nhwehwεmufo no hun dε, obehia so dε nhwehwεmufo no bͻhwε nsesa
a Fantse-Borͻfo kasafora dze Borͻfo nkasafua no bi kͻ mu. Nhwehwɛmu yi duaa tɛlɛbihyɛn
na radio do rokɔɔden na nhwehwɛmufo no ne nyimdzee a ɔwɔ wɔ Fantse kasa na Borɔfo kasa
no mu na ɔdze yɛɛ nhwehwɛmu no. Dɛm kwan yiara do na nhwehwɛmu no nsunsuando no
wiee dɛ: nyew, Fantse-Borɔfo kasafora ne sentase nhyehyɛɛ no nam asɛmfua do, asɛmpruw do,
kabea na asɛntɔw dwumadzi anan bi so do. Bi tse dε: a) Criticisms are good, mbom nnyε aber
nyina. b) Obo-produce ntontom. c) Happy birthday kεse paa nkͻ mma m’akyerεbaa! Kasafora
(a) yε asεmpruw; ͻyε asεmpruw kyerε dε, ‘criticisms are good’ no yε kasa a ͻtͻ asowa mu. (b)
no so kyerε daakye kabea; ͻnam daakye mͻͻfem {bo} no ntsi.Dεmara na (c) no so dzi dwuma
dε ntseamu.
Nhwehwɛmu yi san nam fɔnɔlɔgyi kwan do daa no edzi dɛ, kasafora tum ma hɛn kasafua
ndanmu wɔ Borɔfo kasa no mu. Iyi nam do ma yenya selabol fofor wɔ dɛm kasafua noara mu.
Dza ͻma ͻyε enyika nye dε, ͻba no dεm a, selabol bi ewiei no bεyε selabol fofor bi n’ahyεse,
Mfatoho bi tse dɛ: [ʧeinʤ] a ɔsesa bɛyɛ [ʧeinʤ-i]: wɔ kasafua (selabol) mbubumu kwan do
no, dɛm kasafua yi kitsa selabol kortsee, eso kasafora anaa afɛm no ama yenya selabol kor
abɛka ho ma ɔayɛ ebien. Yɛdze kɔ mbubumu kwan do a, dɛm na ɔtse: KBBKK→KBBK.KB.
‘K’ a yehu no wɔ ha yi no gyina hɔ ma konsonantse, nna ‘B’ no so gyina hɔ ma Bawor,
Nhwehwεmufo no susui dε, dε mbrε kasa a wͻdze twaa hεn funuma da ho nye hεn tse no,
dεmara so na kasafora bͻkͻ do nye hεn atsena. Ne saso ntsi, mma yemmbu kasafora dε ͻyε
suban a mbabun dze dzi agor; tse dε Haugen (1953) na Forson (1988) hunii no. Kasafora yε
akwanya a hͻn a wͻwͻ tum wͻ kasa ebien do no dze twitwa hͻnho ma hͻnho har hͻn wͻ
nkͻmbͻdzi biara mu.
Description:
Medze mpɛnsampɛnsamu dwumadzi yi hyɛ asoɛe a ɔhwɛ Akan-Nzema adzesua do
‘Department of kan Nzema’ a ɔwɔ Simpa Suapɔn ne nkyɛmu a ͻhwε kasasua do no ne
nsa, ma ɔama ekodu ‘school of graduate studies’ a ͻwɔ Simpa Suapɔn mu , ama meenya
abɔdzin krataa ‘Masters of Philosophy’ efi Simpa Suapɔn no mu.
AYƐWOHO, 2017