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  • @Wikitongues
    @Wikitongues  4 роки тому +1

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  • @RoseRoseRoseRoseRoseRose
    @RoseRoseRoseRoseRoseRose 4 роки тому +14

    Nama seems to speak Ewondo with a great French and Chinese mixed dialect which makes it more interesting to listen to him❣
    By the way... Loved that he sang a little bit at the end and he looks like a nice famous model. 😊

    • @lianacurry-desalas2565
      @lianacurry-desalas2565 4 роки тому +1

      I was going to say that I heard French and Chinese there (at least tonally). I wasn't aware of any other tonal language families except the Chinese languages

    • @igorjee
      @igorjee 4 роки тому +5

      @@lianacurry-desalas2565 there are many in Africa and the Americas, e.g. Chinanteco

    • @mauricenagington9289
      @mauricenagington9289 4 роки тому +2

      I picked out the French too, fascinating to hear the loan words pop up here and there

    • @soso694
      @soso694 2 роки тому +1

      It's not Chinese accent, but Niger-Congo Bangu. It's a tonal language, so I can see why you'd think Chinese. But the cadence is definitely West African Bantu.

    • @pastense
      @pastense Рік тому

      @@soso694 looks like Chinese character on the wall behind him. Perhaps he actually knows Chinese as well. Affecting his overall accent. His tones actually sound closer to Vietnamese. I’m no language expert. Just observation.

  • @Brillemeister
    @Brillemeister 4 роки тому +2

    Very interesting tonality; the tones almost sound contoured. Thanks for sharing! God bless

  • @Angayasse
    @Angayasse 4 роки тому +3

    Beautiful sounding language!!

  • @Printpack_Machine_China
    @Printpack_Machine_China 3 роки тому +4

    From an ewondo ( kolo beti ) speaker i just want to say « Abou Ngang a medzang » . Meaning : thank you my brother ; merci mon frère ( in French ).

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff 3 роки тому +2

      Hello, are you able to transcribe what he's saying? :)

    • @marcelox4906
      @marcelox4906 2 роки тому

      hello friend can you translate "the man who dwells in the presence of YHWH"

  • @zabaanshenaas
    @zabaanshenaas 4 роки тому +14

    Ewondo is on my list of languages that I would like to learn, if only there were a grammar and dictionary available, and some pedagogical material.

    • @nazarkgb1
      @nazarkgb1 4 роки тому

      Sad but that’s the case for most african languages, even many of the most widely spoken ones.

    • @zabaanshenaas
      @zabaanshenaas 4 роки тому +1

      @@nazarkgb1 Indeed. But it does surprise me, given that Ewondo is so widely spoken.

    • @fitnessforbeginnerswarrend2271
      @fitnessforbeginnerswarrend2271 4 роки тому +1

      Ewondo is a part of the Language Fang ! We have fang dictionaries so you can tap FANG language and you will find it !!!

    • @zabaanshenaas
      @zabaanshenaas 4 роки тому +1

      @@fitnessforbeginnerswarrend2271 Thanks. I have also been trying to find material for Fang because I am very interested in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. I shall continue my search.

    • @fitnessforbeginnerswarrend2271
      @fitnessforbeginnerswarrend2271 4 роки тому

      zabaanshenaas u will find ! Where are you from?

  • @Liggliluff
    @Liggliluff 3 роки тому +3

    I love the visuals in this video. But is anyone able to transcribe what he's saying ?

  • @jonathannestor324
    @jonathannestor324 2 роки тому +2

    It’s sound like Haitian Creole and I always wanted to hear the difference between Haitian Creole and African languages like Ewondo

  • @eb.3764
    @eb.3764 4 роки тому +6

    Hearing an African tonal language really makes me thinks it's an Asian language but it isn't! It sounds beautiful

    • @nazarkgb1
      @nazarkgb1 3 роки тому +4

      Most African languages are tonal

    • @MrLionLC
      @MrLionLC 3 роки тому

      Or you Asian languages sound African

    • @eb.3764
      @eb.3764 3 роки тому

      @@MrLionLC I said it makes me think of. I didn't say who sounds like what. Multiple languages have tones.

  • @oscarmauricioesonookomo504
    @oscarmauricioesonookomo504 3 роки тому +3

    Akiba muadjang 🇬🇶

  • @Creashone
    @Creashone Рік тому

    This man looks like my son's father! Who comes from Haiti. And is Canadian.

  • @vincentevouna1048
    @vincentevouna1048 4 роки тому +1

    Akiba

  • @marie-jeannemessi3333
    @marie-jeannemessi3333 Рік тому

    One assouk mane etenga!!

  • @AmericanCalliope
    @AmericanCalliope 2 роки тому

    How do you say mother in Ewondo?

  • @Changamira
    @Changamira 3 роки тому

    He speaks in a French accent

  • @turfuturfu5549
    @turfuturfu5549 3 роки тому

    Abui Ngan

  • @site4dddd742
    @site4dddd742 2 роки тому

    This language related to Tamil language.

  • @xsiri3022
    @xsiri3022 4 роки тому

    Nge :ua iak.le
    Ņko.be :b :xinua a si'ku.lu
    Nāla :fe :mbeņ

  • @tz233
    @tz233 4 роки тому +1

    He looks a little like a young Eddie Murphy. Much better singer though :)

  • @Kurdedunaysiri
    @Kurdedunaysiri 4 роки тому +3

    I hope that iiiiiiiiii is not a part of the language. I see this man do not use the language as enough in his daily life. I hope that all the people are not same.

    • @Wikitongues
      @Wikitongues  4 роки тому +10

      Nama uses this language every day in his daily and working life. Our videos are not scripted, as we hope to show how we naturally use our languages. Across language, we punctuate our speech with filler words - in English they are often "um" or "uh", and so on. Thanks for watching, and hope this helps explain! :)

    • @Kurdedunaysiri
      @Kurdedunaysiri 4 роки тому +3

      Wikitongues you are perfect

  • @zhbvenkhoReload
    @zhbvenkhoReload 4 роки тому

    Do u kno da wae?

    • @zerir.3726
      @zerir.3726 4 роки тому +14

      hmmm yes africa i must say the funny

    • @zhbvenkhoReload
      @zhbvenkhoReload 4 роки тому +2

      @@zerir.3726 Are you alright?

    • @I.KUchiha
      @I.KUchiha 3 роки тому

      @@zhbvenkhoReload he’s mocking you.