Story book for Tonko Limba dialect
Prepared for: Primary school pupils.
Author: Gibrilla Kamara
SOCIETY FOR INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES COMMUNITIES AND CULTURES
Story book for primary school pupils in Tonko Limba
dialect
All right reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or any means of duplicating without the prior permission of SILCC.
Thanks to the African Storybook team and the following writers
and illustrators:
Magriet Brink, Kenneth Boyowa Okitikpi, Brian Wambi, Jesse Breytenbach and Offei Tettey Eugene.

First published February 2023.

Published by: The Society for Indigenous Languages,
Communities and Cultures
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The Limba autography
a, b, ͻ, d, e, ɛ, f, gb, h, i, k, l, m, n, ŋ, o, p, r, s, th, t, u, w, y.
Understanding the vowel sounds from the consonants sounds

a, b, ͻ, d, e, ɛ, f, gb, h, i, k, l, m, n, ŋ, o, p, r, s, th, t, u, w, y.

vowel sounds (ŋatͻŋa ŋa ŋatɛ ŋaŋ)
a ͻ e ɛ i o u
Syllables

Vowel	A	E	I	O	U	ͻ	ɛ
Con- sts
B	Ba	Be	Bi	Bo	Bu	bͻ	Bɛ
D	Da	De	Di	Do	Du	Dͻ	Dɛ
F	Fa	Fe	Fi	Fo	Fu	Fͻ	Fɛ
Gb	Gba	Gbe	Gbi	Gbo	Gbu	GBͻ	Gbɛ
H	Ha	He	Hi	Ho	Hu	Hͻ	Hɛ
K	Ka	Ke	Ki	Ko	Ku	Kͻ	Kɛ
L	La	Le	Li	Lo	Lu	Lͻ	Lɛ
M	Ma	Me	Mi	Mo	Mu	Mͻ	Mɛ
N	Na	Ne	Ni	No	Nu	Nͻ	Nɛ
Ŋ	Ŋa	Ŋe	Ŋi	Ŋo	Ŋu	Ŋͻ	Ŋɛ
P	Pa	Pe	Pi	Po	Pu	Pͻ	Pɛ
R	Ra	Re	Ri	Ro	Ru	Rͻ	Rɛ
S	Sa	Se	Si	So	Su	Sͻ	Sɛ
Th	Tha	The	Thi	Tho	Thu	Thͻ	Thɛ
T	Ta	Te	Ti	To	Tu	Tͻ	Tɛ
W	Wa	We	Wi	Wo	Wu	Wͻ	Wɛ
Y	Ya	Ye	Yi	Yo	Yu	Yͻ	Yɛ

Syllables

Ta+ka	taka	sheep
Da+ma	dama	Hunt
Pa+ma	Pama	scare
Ka+ma	Kama	Dance
To+ta	Tota	Cook
Pi+ya	Piya	Stop
Ki+ta	Kita	Escape
Ni+ne	Nine	Sleep
Na+ma	Nama	How
Ra+ka	Raka	Stone
Ya+ri	Yari	Cat
Ye+ma	Yema	Follow
Ka+ta	Kata	Carry
Gbo+ŋa	gboŋa	Road
Gba+ku	Gbaku	Chief
Te+te	Tete	Now
Bɛ+ti	bɛti	Bird
Ke+le	Kele	Sense
Mɛ+ti	Mɛti	Town
ŋͻ+ta	ŋͻta	Fall
ŋɛ+na	ŋɛna	Shake
Ba+ra	Bara	Meat
Dͻ+ŋͻ	Dͻŋͻ	Sit down
Sͻ+kͻ	Sͻkͻ	Word
Po+ro	Poro	Noise
So+bo	Sobo	Water well
To+ko	Toko	Gug
Pa+sa	Pasa	Diarrhea
Mͻ+nɛ	Mͻnɛ	Poverty
Yu+ka	Yuka	Tie

Practice dialogue one

Morning greetings

Kaba Hɛribahure wɛndama
Musa Iyo, hɛmͻŋ inwali
Kaba Mbɛ kenda?
Musa Yama dͻma Musa, ambu yi?
Kaba Yama Kaba Practice dialogue two

Afternoon greetings

Ami Nwali Fathu
Fathu: Iyo Ami, nama gbɛɛn baŋ? Ami Alathanthu
Fathu Kama yi key?
Ami Yando key ka mɛti
Practice dialogue three

Evening greetings

Dora Hɛribayiŋe Pa Sori
Pa Sori Iyo Dora nama hͻnkͻlɛ baŋ?
Dora Alathanthu, ambu yi?
Pa Sori A kaahi ye
Dora Mbɛ muniyͻy?
Pa Sori Kotho haŋ huna yama thoŋ. Dora Thͻͻrͻ nɛɛ.
Pa Sori Iyo!

Story 1

Yabu dome ba t l]ita tita nama worJ huyimbire
huthadi handama

STORY 2

Story 3

STORY 3

Kampa sekithe kusurJ8 ba dekiya. MamirJ berJ bohe pay8. Wohuye worJ bohe dapiy8k8 ba petha kuthari.
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Kcna dome kampa na indo. Na gbaku worJ kin ba mina thankina.
Wohuyc kute binde. KEna dome wunde na Yaadi e yi htlErJ? Yaadi na ndo! Na yama gbaku wo ka
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