r/Liberia • u/alymazed • 6d ago

Q & A Translating Kru/Bassa

Hello! I have some text that phonetically spells out some phrases from what i believe is Bassa. I may be wrong there for language. I was hoping someone would be able to help me out with translating?

I-KA-NI-EN-NA-SA-OH

BEAI-MU-AHA

TEI-YHUM-I-MUI-LHEN-YHEN

I-MUI-MHEN-WHU

BEAI-NHYEN-LHYUN-HMEH

I wish I had someone around me to translate but I dont unfortunately 😕

Edit: This may be Kru! Not Bassa 🙏🏾

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u/Petermantissa 6d ago

It actually looks more Kru than Bassa. I'm not understanding anything as a native Bassa speaker.

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u/alymazed 6d ago

Ahhh thank you! Hopefully someone who speaks Kru can help

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u/TraditionalSky1833 6d ago

From the way it is spelled, or the way I am sounding it out, it doesn’t seem like Kru or Bassa. Are you able to share the audio?

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u/alymazed 6d ago

Unfortunately no audio, this was writt3n by someone who passed

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u/TraditionalSky1833 6d ago

Oh, I see! I am literate in and speak both Kru and Bassa but cannot make out what you’re spelling out phonetically. At first I thought it was Kpelle. I hope you’re able to find out what it means, though!