Salemka'an lu ken ahumbe
Mimi Werna
Marion Drew

Ahumbe er imyo er ka gbaseela nahan.

Salemka'an yeseve due ken won u za numben a angirgi na.

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Ahumbe daase a ice na.

Ahumbe mor ken riga na.



Fese nahan, ahumbe gba toon kpishi man angirgi na saa.

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Ahumbe lu toon her sha agee.

Salemka'an yevese sha u za kuran akondo na sha kor.

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Ahumbe hemba un ayem.

A fii shi a too bughpupu.

A tôô un angirgi na man shi akondo a na kpaa.

A tôô iyough, ikyon kua ikya kpaa.

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Ahumbe too shi cimin a cii hingir ijen.

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Maa ahumbe hii u huan.

A môu ikyon i genegh.

Anigirgi u Salemka'an zer sha gbaa kon.

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Ahumbe lu daase a anigirgi na.

A er ikya i genegh kpa lu pulugh hen inya.

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Ahumbe sen a Salemka'an sha aôndo va gba hen inya kua kon.

A viligh hen inya shi a viligh kpaa.

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A kôr ave sha amishe a kon sha ci u zuzu lu karen un.

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A mough sha zezeze, kôr ave sha amishe la her.

A jinge u nengen akaa a ahumbe fii hingir ijen la.

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A nenge a ya na.

A nenge a ikya kpuaa man adingir a ikyon.

A nenge a anigirgi na ga kpa gba yemen ken ya na tsô.

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Salemka'an fa je er ahumbe shi aa va kar.

"Tsô shi me nenge a anigirgi wam," a hen nahan.

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Salemka'an lu ken ahumbe
Author - Mimi Werna
Translation - Joyce Terumbur Dankaro
Illustration - Marion Drew
Language - Tiv
Level - First paragraphs