Akuapem dialect

**Akuapem dialect** gee ti ba kelum yi'ira ti Akuapim, Akwapem Twi la Akwapi de la Akan yetɔgum la buuri buyima n bala gee pa'asɛ la Asante tɔgum la puan (Gee ti la za'a lagum taaba dɛna Twi) la Fante gee ti ba bɔkerɛ dɛna buyina. Akuapem tɔgum duma ni naam la sɛla n tari tɔgum n paɛ pisiyi ŋwɔna taaba bɔna eastern Gaana la western Nigeria so'olom duma puansin. Nɛresɛba za'a n tɔgerɛ tɔgum wa la de la wuu paɛ "Akuapem tɔgum languages" (four and eight million). Akuapem tɔgum tɔgesebo ti ba kɔ'ɔm ba'am tara tɔgera de la Ewe (nɛreba 10.3 million n tɔgerɛ bo Gaana wa la Togo tiŋa puan), tɔgesebo mɛ dole poore de la Fon ( ti nɛreba 5 million tɔgera bo, Benin tiŋa puan). Akuapem tɔgum tɔgum duma yuum doose la buuri tuusum puana ze'ele Kwa branch n boi Niger–Congo tɔgum duma, gee nananewa bo nyaa lagum naɛ mɛ dɛna Volta–Niger duma tɔgum duma. Bo de la tɔgum duma banuu n naɛ taaba, tɔgum duma wa de la: Ewe, Fon, Aja, Gen (Mina), and Phla–Pherá. 

## Etymology
Akuapem tɔgum Greenberg, dole Westermann (1952), yuum dike Gbe tɔgum iŋɛ la Kwa tɔgum yizuo la puan, Niger–Congo duma tɔgum. Ta paɛ "Kwa branch" tari "fluctuated" ti la paɛ yuuma se'em ma'a, la Roger Blench yuum dike Gbe tɔgum duma beŋe bii iŋɛ la Volta–Niger branch ta naɛ la East Kwa tɔgum duma ta paɛ east.

## Tuusum (History)
Akuapem tɔgum nɛreba zo'e zo'e ze'ele la east kiŋɛ ta ki'ira nananewa ti ba ki'ira nananewa "present dwelling-places" (several migrations between the tenth la fifteenth century puan". Gee Phla–Pherá nɛreba wa basɛba ze'ele la "original inhabitants" zisesi ti se'em n yuum "intermingled" la  Yese nɛresɛba za'a n tɔgerɛ Gbe tɔgum duma ti ba dike pa'asɛ. Capo (1988) ba yuum bo bii makɛ nɛreba la ti ba dɛna la "four million", gee ti SIL's Ethnologue (15th edition, 2005) yuum bo "eight million". Tɔgesebo ti ba kɔ'ɔm ba'am tɔgera Gbe tɔgum puan de la Ewe (Gaana la Togo) ti gee ti ba tɔgera Fon (Benin, eastern Togo) gee four million la 3 million nɛreba mɛ nɛreba tɔgera. Akuapem tɔgum n de tɔgesebo ti ba tara zamesa sukuu duma secondary schools la universities sukuu duma n boi Gaana so'olom wa, gee dagi bala ma'a ba kelum tɔgebuna zamesa "non-formal zamesegɔ yɛla sukuu duma n boi Togo tiŋa puan. Gee Benin puan, Aja tɔgereba de la (740,000 ) gee ti Fon mɛ yuum dɛna tɔgum duma bayi yese tɔgum duma bayoobi puan na ti ba yuum loe ti ba dɛna "six national languages" ti government yuum loe bo bumkureba zamesegɔ yɛla 1992 yuuni la puan. Akuapem tɔgum de la "dialect continuum". Yese comparative research puan, ba tɔri Capo (1988) iŋɛ yizuto tunuu puan "five clusters", ti cluster woo tara "several mutually intelligible dialects". Gee fole si'a n boi "clusters" duma ni ka bɔna ba tɔka "distinct". clusters duma banuu de la: 

Yu'ura sika."Dialect continuum" za'a waabe ba yuum yi'ira 'Akuapem tɔgum' doose Westermann, yele-ɛɛra paaɛ "influential researcher" cluster puan, se'em n yuum tari 'Standard Akuapem tɔgum' yelebire ti de ze'ele yetɔgum buuri buuri gulesegɔ yɛla la. Sɛba e mɛ leregere yetɔgum duma "linguists" mɛ yuum yi'ire Akuapem tɔgum tɔgum duma za'a la 'Aja', sansɛka ti ba yuum sige ba tiŋa tɔgum yu'urɛ la Aja-Tado so'olom n boi Benin puan. Gee nananewa, tɔgebuna buyima wa yu'urɛ sika "language cluster" za'a dagi la nɛreba n yuum to'e la ma'a gee tɔgum la mɛ yuum tari la putitulema. Ze'ele sansɛka ti ba yuum tari tuuma tigere wa'am "West African Languages Congress at Cotonou" 1980 yuuni la ouan, H. B. Capo's yu'urɛ laɛ puti'irɛ la yuum' de la ba za'a waabe sakɛ gee to'e : Akuapem tɔgum, se'em n de yelebire bɔ'ɔra 'language/dialect' tɔgum buuri woo puan na la.

### '''Baabuli (Bible)'''
Akuapem tɔgum de la "dialect continuum". Yese comparative research puan, ba tɔri Capo (1988) iŋɛ yizuto tunuu puan "five clusters", ti cluster woo tara "several mutually intelligible dialects". Gee fole si'a n boi "clusters" duma ni ka bɔna ba tɔka "distinct". clusters duma banuu de la:

Yu'ura sika."Dialect continuum" za'a waabe ba yuum yi'ira 'Akuapem tɔgum' doose Westermann, yele-ɛɛra paaɛ "influential researcher" cluster puan, se'em n yuum tari 'Standard Akuapem tɔgum' yelebire ti de ze'ele yetɔgum buuri buuri gulesegɔ yɛla la. Sɛba e mɛ leregere yetɔgum duma "linguists" mɛ yuum yi'ire Akuapem tɔgum tɔgum duma za'a la 'Aja', sansɛka ti ba yuum sige ba tiŋa tɔgum yu'urɛ la Aja-Tado so'olom n boi Benin puan. Gee nananewa, tɔgebuna buyima wa yu'urɛ sika "language cluster" za'a dagi la nɛreba n yuum to'e la ma'a gee tɔgum la mɛ yuum tari la putitulema. Ze'ele sansɛka ti ba yuum tari tuuma tigere wa'am "West African Languages Congress at Cotonou" 1980 yuuni la ouan, H. B. Capo's yu'urɛ laɛ puti'irɛ la yuum' de la ba za'a waabe sakɛ gee to'e : Akuapem tɔgum, se'em n de yelebire bɔ'ɔra 'language/dialect' tɔgum buuri woo puan na la.

### '''Tɔgum mi'ilum la yelebɛa (Grammar and dictionary)'''
Akuapem tɔgum duma ni naam la sɛla n tari tɔgum n paɛ pisiyi ŋwɔna taaba bɔna eastern Gaana la western Nigeria so'olom duma puansin. Nɛresɛba za'a n tɔgerɛ tɔgum wa la de la wuu paɛ "Akuapem tɔgum languages" (four and eight million). Akuapem tɔgum tɔgesebo ti ba kɔ'ɔm ba'am tara tɔgera de la Ewe (nɛreba 10.3 million n tɔgerɛ bo Gaana wa la Togo tiŋa puan), tɔgesebo mɛ dole poore de la Fon ( ti nɛreba 5 million tɔgera bo, Benin tiŋa puan). Akuapem tɔgum tɔgum duma yuum doose la buuri tuusum puana ze'ele Kwa branch n boi Niger–Congo tɔgum duma, gee nananewa bo nyaa lagum naɛ mɛ dɛna Volta–Niger duma tɔgum duma. Bo de la tɔgum duma banuu n naɛ taaba, tɔgum duma wa de la: Ewe, Fon, Aja, Gen (Mina), and Phla–Pherá. Akuapem tɔgum nɛreba zo'e zo'e ze'ele la east kiŋɛ ta ki'ira nananewa ti ba ki'ira nananewa "present dwelling-places" (several migrations between the tenth la fifteenth century puan". Gee Phla–Pherá nɛreba wa basɛba ze'ele la "original inhabitants" zisesi ti se'em n yuum "intermingled" la  Yese nɛresɛba za'a n tɔgerɛ Gbe tɔgum duma ti ba dike pa'asɛ. Capo (1988) ba yuum bo bii makɛ nɛreba la ti ba dɛna la "four million", gee ti SIL's Ethnologue (15th edition, 2005) yuum bo "eight million". Tɔgesebo ti ba kɔ'ɔm ba'am tɔgera Gbe tɔgum puan de la Ewe (Gaana la Togo) ti gee ti ba tɔgera Fon (Benin, eastern Togo) gee four million la 3 million nɛreba mɛ nɛreba tɔgera. Ewe n de tɔgesebo ti ba tara zamesa sukuu duma secondary schools la universities sukuu duma n boi Gaana so'olom wa, gee dagi bala ma'a ba kelum tɔgebuna zamesa "non-formal zamesegɔ yɛla sukuu duma n boi Togo tiŋa puan. Gee Benin puan, Aja tɔgereba de la (740,000 ) gee ti Fon mɛ yuum dɛna tɔgum duma bayi yese tɔgum duma bayoobi puan na ti ba yuum loe ti ba dɛna "six national languages" ti government yuum loe bo bumkureba zamesegɔ yɛla 1992 yuuni la puan.  

Akuapem tɔgum wa tari yɛla bunuu:

* High tone: H
* Mid tone: M
* Low tone: L
* Rising tone: R
* Falling tone: F

## Yelebɛa laŋeŋɔ (Phonology)
Gee nananewa, tɔgebuna buyima wa yu'urɛ sika "language cluster" za'a dagi la nɛreba n yuum to'e la ma'a gee tɔgum la mɛ yuum tari la putitulema. Ze'ele sansɛka ti ba yuum tari tuuma tigere wa'am "West African Languages Congress at Cotonou" 1980 yuuni la ouan, H. B. Capo's yu'urɛ laɛ puti'irɛ la yuum' de la ba za'a waabe sakɛ gee to'e : Akuapem tɔgum, se'em n de yelebire bɔ'ɔra 'language/dialect' tɔgum buuri woo puan na la.

#### Kɔnya'asi (consonants)

## Vowels

## Tɔgebiŋemɔ (Proverbs)
Akuapem tɔgum de la "dialect continuum". Yese comparative research puan, ba tɔri Capo (1988) iŋɛ yizuto tunuu puan "five clusters", ti cluster woo tara "several mutually intelligible dialects". Gee fole si'a n boi "clusters" duma ni ka bɔna ba tɔka "distinct". clusters duma banuu de la:

Yu'ura sika."Dialect continuum" za'a waabe ba yuum yi'ira 'Akuapem tɔgum' doose Westermann, yele-ɛɛra paaɛ "influential researcher" cluster puan, se'em n yuum tari 'Standard Akuapem tɔgum' yelebire ti de ze'ele yetɔgum buuri buuri gulesegɔ yɛla la. Sɛba e mɛ leregere yetɔgum duma "linguists" mɛ yuum yi'ire Akuapem tɔgum tɔgum duma za'a la 'Aja', sansɛka ti ba yuum sige ba tiŋa tɔgum yu'urɛ la Aja-Tado so'olom n boi Benin puan. Gee nananewa, tɔgebuna buyima wa yu'urɛ sika "language cluster" za'a dagi la nɛreba n yuum to'e la ma'a gee tɔgum la mɛ yuum tari la putitulema. Ze'ele sansɛka ti ba yuum tari tuuma tigere wa'am "West African Languages Congress at Cotonou" 1980 yuuni la ouan, H. B. Capo's yu'urɛ laɛ puti'irɛ la yuum' de la ba za'a waabe sakɛ gee to'e : Akuapem tɔgum, se'em n de yelebire bɔ'ɔra 'language/dialect' tɔgum buuri woo puan na la.

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