Bahasa Kpelle Contoh
Berikut adalah Doa Bapa Kami dalam bahasa Kpelle:[ 5]
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.
Referensi
↑ Kpelle di Ethnologue (ed. ke-18, 2015)Kpelle Guinea di Ethnologue (ed. ke-18, 2015)Kpelle Liberia di Ethnologue (ed. ke-18, 2015)Kono di Ethnologue (ed. ke-18, 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, ed. (2023). "Kpelle". Glottolog 4.8 . Jena, Jerman: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. ; ;
↑ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook , Edinburgh
↑ "Kpɛlɛɛ Kɔlɔi 2" [Kpelle reader #2]. Edisi kedua. Totota : Kpelle Literacy Center, 1959, 1.
↑ 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 .