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Numuvuisia Kpɛlɛɛ ta ti le tɛ yɛ nduwɔ ya hu, tao ti nuvuu yei kɛɛ ti lɔnyi maa hɛwungɔ. Kiiya kɛɛ hindaluahu gɔɔla a yɛlɔ ti hun. Fale mahoungɔ ti ti nyɔnyɔhu hoi kia ndeegaa.
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All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
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Unseth, Peter (2011). "Invention of
Scripts in West Africa for Ethnic Revitalization". In Fishman, Joshua A.; García, Ofelia (eds.).
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1089:Ethnologue
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620:Phonology
388:syllabary
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329:Mɛnde yia
253:Glottolog
237:ISO 639-3
219:ISO 639-2
83:Ethnicity
36:𞠗𞢱 𞡓𞠣
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406:alphabet
288:Help:IPA
260:mend1266
171:Dialects
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2336:Soninke
2275:Kuranko
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1784:Other
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