Emekα e Ndottiijo
Nwanne Felix-Emeribe
Kenneth Boyowa Okitikpi

Deftere suudu Nαyi
Deftere ɓikkon duuɓi jee nαyi hαα sαppo e ɗiɗi
Limgααl αlkule Fulfulde Adαmαwα : Noogααs e jee ɗiɗi.
α - b - ɓ - c - d - ɗ - e - f - g - h - i - j - k - l - m - n - ñ - ŋ - o - p. . - r - s - t - u - w - y - ƴ

Emekα ɗoon woni hα sααre woo nde. Sααro mααko riskoube.
Emekα mαrɗo ɓoossααru bietee ndu Chita. O ɗoon hαkkilini ndu wααne.

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Nde weeti fu, sααro mααko ɗoon yααrαmo jαŋngirde bee mootα. O ɗoon hoorαmo sααre ɓααwo jαŋngirde.
Ɑssirα, ɓααwo wurtuki jαŋngirde, Sααro Emekα dαri hαα o soorα kuuje.

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Sαα'e Emekα ɗoon reenα sααro mααko hα nder mootα, O lααri Ndottiijo ɗoon sααlα. O doon roo ndi dongαl teddu ngααl hαα do ɓαwo mααko.
O somɗo, o ɗo yαhα bee hαkkiilo. Emekα o lααrα Ndottiijo oo.

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Ndottiijo jooɗi les leggαl, o mαbɓiti sαwdu mααko, nden o wurtini pαɗe dαnkooje.

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Emekα oon numα hααlα Ndottiijo oo. Numo mααko tαʼimo weelo. O yurmini ɗum.
Nden o numi ko ofoti wαdgo.

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O ƴummi nden o hooʼi ceede hα poossα mααko. O ƴooni Chita nden o wαʼi keke mααko.
Emekα loorti hαα sippordu je sααro mααko soori kuuje.

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O nααti nden o wurti bee sαwdu. O loortini Ndottiijo o siwtα hα les leggαl. Emekα wiʼimo : " Ɗjαmnα Ndottiijo" nden Ndottiijo wiʼi : " Allαh hokke jαm ɓingel αm"

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Emekα wiʼmo fαyiin : " igα toʼi wαrɗα Ndottiijo "
Nɗottiijo wiʼi : " ɓingel αm, weelo meedi αm hα nokkuure αm, Mi wαrɗo tefgo ceede hαdɗo."

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Emekα liʼini Ndottiijo sαwdu.
Ndottiijo mαbɓiti sαwdu, o tαwi pαɗe ɗee Emekα soorαnimo nden gitemααko tαʼi gonɗi. Nɗottiijo yettimo bee seyo.

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Emekα wiʼimo : " jottα kαm mi hooti, tαα sααro αm tefαmi "
Ndottiijo jαbɓitimo, ɓαntαnimo juuɗe nden wiʼimo : " Allαh hokke hαyru ɓingel αm" nden Emekα dilli bee ɓoossααru mααko, Chitα.

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Nde Emekα hooti sααre, Dααdirαwo mααko wiʼimo : " Toyi αwonino ɓingel αm "
Emekα yeccimo ko o lααri. Hααlα mααn yurmi dααdirαwo mααko.

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Ɓααwo mααn, bααbirαwo mααko wiʼimo : " Min ɗoon seyi nimα ɓingel αm, ngααm mααn, to αwurtααn fu seyi αmααtinα min.
Ndα jαɓu sααhu nguu, ɗum jeemαα, wαɗααn ko αmαjini sowi ɗiɗi ".

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Emekα e Ndottiijo
Author - Nwanne Felix-Emeribe
Translation - Ousmanou Dahirou Pomla
Illustration - Kenneth Boyowa Okitikpi
Language - Fulfulde Adamawa
Level - Longer paragraphs