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ISO 639-3: nka

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

Other known names and dialect names: Lukolwe, Lushangi, Mashasha, Mbowela, Mbwela, Mbwera, Shasha, Shimbwera, Shinkoya

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Primary texts

  1. ONLINENkoya Genesis Translation. The Long Now Foundation. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_nka_gen-1

Language descriptions

  1. ONLINEGlottolog 5.0 Resources for Nkoya. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:nkoy1244

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINENkoya: a language of Zambia. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:nka
  2. ONLINEElicitation on some stimuli developed by MPI. Akuamoah (consultant); Yaw. 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303721
  3. ONLINEMiss Anobea threshes/winnows beans while Ketewa have a chat with her. Ketewa; Yaw (recorder); Anobea (consultant). 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303723
  4. ONLINEPeople chat after Akuamoah kills a bat with a catapult at the time when Ebola was rife. Akuamoah; Yaw (recorder); Ama Dora; Derrick; Ketewa. 2018-01-26. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303724
  5. ONLINEMadam Awuabea builds and narrates how to make asʊɪ 'hearth'. Awuabea (consultant); Akuamoah; Ketewa; Yaw (recorder). 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303726
  6. ONLINEFolk song. Kimpo; Yaw Broni; Akuamoah; Yaw; Afram; Efee; Tongo. 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303728
  7. ONLINEPeople chat while Ketewa climbs an apple tree to pluck a ripe fruit. Akuamoah; Ketewa; Yaw (recorder); Kimpo; Yaw Broni; Kwame Addo. 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303730
  8. ONLINEA chat with a three-year old girl in Nkami, Ewe and Akan. Ketewa (interviewer); Asantewaa (consultant); Yaw (recorder). 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303733
  9. ONLINEPeople chat while Kwame Addo makes charcoal. Akuamoah; Ketewa; Yaw (recorder); Yaw Broni; Kwame Addo (consultant); Yeboah; Isaac. 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303734
  10. ONLINEA converstion about lotto staking as a business. Yaw (interviewer); Mensa (consultant). 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303736
  11. ONLINEAsieduwaa pours libation before giving historical information. Akuamoah; Ketewa (recorder); Yaw; Asieduwaa (consultant); Onyene; Yaa Babe. 2016-03-16. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303737
  12. ONLINEA libation performance by Aframhemaa. Akuamoah; Ketewa; Yaw; Aframhɪmaa. 2018-01-26. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303738
  13. ONLINEUncle Adinkra talks about the role of abusuapanyin 'clan/family head' in Nkami. Akuamoah (interviewer); Ketewa (interviewer); Yaw (recorder); Abusuapanyin Adinkra (consultant). 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303709
  14. ONLINEAn ananse story about what brought about cobwebs. Yaw (recorder); Mensa (consultant); Yeboah; Ama. 2018-01-26. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303715
  15. ONLINEAn ananse 'spider' story about what brought about baldness. Akuamoah; Yaw (recorder); Ketewa; Efee (consultant). 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303716
  16. ONLINEA demonstration of how to make a trap called akyen. Kimpo (consultant); Yaw; Akuamoah. 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303717
  17. ONLINEBekoe demonstrates the processes of making akpetesi 'a locally made alcohol'. Akuamoah; Yaw; Ketewa; Bekoe (consultant); Tikya Nyamesah; Kimpo. 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303718
  18. ONLINEA foreigner speaks Nkami. Akuamoah (interviewer); Ketewa (interviewer); Yaw (recorder); Gabriel; Agbo (consultant). 2018-01-26. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303761
  19. ONLINEA story about the origin of the Nkami people. Akuamoah (interviewer); Ketewa (interviewer); Yaw (recorder); Ama Asiedua 2 (consultant). 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303762
  20. ONLINEAkuamoah describes a tree and its medicinal benefits. Akuamoah; Ketewa; Yaw; Nma; Akwasi. 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303763
  21. ONLINEUncle Somuah explains the difference between two related words in Nkami ebobo and efofo. Akuamoah (interviewer); Somuah (consultant); Yaw (recorder). 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303764
  22. ONLINEAn elicitation that compares Nkami, Ewe, Akan and Anum. Akuamoah; Yaw; Abenaa; Kana; Manu. 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303740
  23. ONLINEA chat about the work of a fetish priest. Awuabea; Okomfoɔ Aboagyewaa (consultant); Yaw. 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303743
  24. ONLINEUncle Kimpo jokes with Akuamoah about a life story. Akuamoah (consultant); Kimpo (interviewer); Yaw. 2018-01-26. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303744
  25. ONLINEPeople wash their hands after a burial while Akwasi and Uncle Denteh chat. Ketewa (recorder); Denteh (consultant); Akwasi (interviewer). 2018-01-26. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303746
  26. ONLINEEvening greeting. Mensa; Naaɲɪnɪ Kwasi Budu; Darkoa; Yaw. 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303749
  27. ONLINEA chat about hunting from time immemorial to the present in Nkami. Akuamoah (interviewer); Kimpo (consultant); Yaw (recorder). 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303752
  28. ONLINEPeople sweep while Ampomaa greets them. Akuamoah; Ketewa; Yaw; Ampomaa (consultant). 2018-01-26. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303754
  29. ONLINEAuntie Esther fries gari and talk to Akuamoah about gari making. Esther (consultant); Akuamoah (interviewer); Yaw (recorder). 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303758
  30. ONLINEStephen Appiah (Yaw) chats with Afram while the latter errects tents for a funeral ceremony. Yaw Broni (interviewer); Afram; Yaw. 2018-01-26. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303759
  31. ONLINEA python catch and a chat on it. Akuamoah (interviewer); Yaw (recorder); Kimpo (consultant); Kwasi Nketia (interviewer). 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303852
  32. ONLINEA chat over a ludo game among four people. Akuamoah; Yaw (recorder); Kwame Addo; Ampomaa; Donkor. 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303854
  33. ONLINEYaw makes and plays a traditional guitar while others observe and dance. Yaw (consultant); Ampomaa; Yaw (recorder). 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303855
  34. ONLINEA folktale in Nkami that the elephant invented palm wine. Akuamoah; Somuah; Yaw. 2018-01-26. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303859
  35. ONLINEAkuamoah describes a tree and its medicinal benefits. Akuamoah (consultant); Ketewa (recorder); Yaw (annotator); Nma; Akwasi. 2018-01-26. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303862
  36. ONLINEA chat about the work of a Chief's spokesperson. Akuamoah; Yaw; Kimpo; Bekoe (consultant); Yeboah. 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303864
  37. ONLINEOkpesie making. Akuamoah; Ketewa (interviewer); Yaw (recorder); Owusua (consultant). 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303865
  38. ONLINEA narrative about odwo festival. Asiedua (consultant); Nma (interviewer); Afua Nyaakowaa (consultant); Yaw (recorder). 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303868
  39. ONLINEA chat with builders at their working site. Yaw Broni (interviewer); Yaw (recorder); Afram; Aboagye; Elder Bekoe; Atta. 2016-02-09. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303871
  40. ONLINEA chat about an Nkami practice at meals. Akuamoah (consultant); Ketewa (consultant); Yaw (interviewer). 2018-01-26. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1303873
  41. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Nkoya. Damir Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2017-09-27. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_nka
  42. ONLINEToka-Leya of Zambia: Southern Province: Livingstone, Kazungula, Zimba, and Kalomo Districts. Josephat, Daka; Mbewe, Christopher; Schwertfeger, Jacob; Sawka, Kenneth Stanley. 2019. SIL International. oai:sil.org:80878

Other known names and dialect names: Lukolwe, Lushangi, Mashasha, Mbowela, Mbwela, Mbwera, Shasha, Shimbwera, Shinkoya

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