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Cancanɗowa kaajunga

Ghanaian folktale

Wiehan de Jager

Mboju bee cancanɗowa coobiriino. Ammaa cancanɗowa e mari kaajal dow jawdi mboju.

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Cancanɗowa teeti ngesa mboju. Nga farti mboju.

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Cancanɗowa soori ko nga yirbii fuu. Nga heɓi ceede ɗuɗɗe.

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Cancanɗowa hooti e nga ronndi silaawo maaga.

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Cancanɗowa rooti silaawo ngon. Nga ɗuwoyi ngam iyeende.

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Iyeende waddi ndiyam ɗuɗɗam, sey cancanɗowa suuɗi nder ngaska.

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Jigaawal yi'i silaawo, sey suddiringo biyeeli maagal.

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Jigaawal wi'i, ''Silaawo ngo'o ɗum jey am.'' Cancanɗowa telɓi wi'i, ''Min maringo.''

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Jigaawal wi'i, "Mi tawi ceede bee butaali fuu aynaaka."

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Laamiiɗo bee mawɓe numi dow haala ka'a, ngam heɓtugo moye mari goonga.

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Sey ɓe mbi'i, "Jigaawal mari goonga, hanngal mari silaawo."

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Mboju so''ii ngesa muuɗum. Cancanɗowa boo warti walaa ceede, walaa soobaaɓe.

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Cancanɗowa kaajunga

Author - Ghanaian folktale
Translation - Ibraahim Baabayo
Illustration - Wiehan de Jager
Language - Fulfulde Mbororoore
Level - First sentences