Ãbã'ne Ãkãmte Negham Ne Ãgeumba

By So' Adai Fobedzong and Suh Ade Fobujong

There are three primary objectives in this book. The first is to develop a linguistic system for writing Central Standard 'geumba (CS '). The second objective is to assist those who speak CS ' to be able to write it. The third is to assist none native speakers of CS ' to learn to speak and write Central Standard 'geumba. The area comprising the villages of Mankon, Tsohn-Mba' Mbatu and Nso' gwa constitute a geo-political and linguistic region referred to as Central 'geumba. Although Ndz ng is not in the geo-political region, it is within the Central 'geumba linguistic region and the dialect is essentially Mankon. Since the 'geumba dialects spoken in the geo-political and linguistic region are very similar, the 'geumba language in this book is referred to as Central Standard 'geumba (CS ') - a derivative of the dialects in Central 'geumba linguistic region of Bamenda. This derivative is spoken in the urbanized areas of Bamenda; notably in Nitob, Ntarinkon, Mbatu and Ns ' gwa where a confluence of the Central 'geumba dialects has resulted in the evolution of CS '. In order to further advance CS ', a streaming approach is used in standardizing the written language. Streaming involves navigating through the Central 'geumba dialects and looking for new words, commonality in pronunciation/usage of existing words as well as looking for words that have similar meaning but do not have a complex speech sound. The reader will find value added information in this book which here-to-fore has not been present in 'geumba lexicon such as, numeral counts up to one centillion, metric conversions to CS ', Cardinal points in CS ', and a new format for describing time in CS '. SAF

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420879081
• ISBN13: 9781420879087
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 11.0"