Dendi Version
Ka simma nna buricinitɛrɛ ka n bɔrɔ ŋwɛnɛ iyaali bei nna daama duuri ka bɔrɔ fɔ su hini ka hoŋu n sɛ ya bara bɔŋɔ duuri nna laakari kaniyom ãduniya kuna,
Ka simma nna ka bɔrɔ daama duuri bara hɛi fɔ ka sariya hima a ma cɛruma ka bɔrɔ mɔrani nna tilaasi guruje nna mɛiyom bɛrɛkɛtɛ nna kwɛnɛ bɔrɔ futu,
Ka simma nna naanɛ ka ãduniya zamaa sariya nyâ dam daama duuri ga buricinitɛrɛ nna bɔrɔ jirima bɔŋɔ nna kwɛnɛ daama ka a gono weibɔrɔ nna harubɔrɔ ciyom afɔ gonouom kuna,
Ka simma nna ka binɛ a hima gɔ rɔkasinɛ hɛnnɔ ma gono ganna nna ganna ŋmaaniyo binni n hãnu kulu mɔɔjinɛ kweiyom dirɔu ga,
Ka simma nna ka ãduniya zamaa diya mariga beeri, tabataniyom mɛɛfo ceejiyom ka n baa ãduniya ganna zamaa kulu ma tɔ daama duuri hini ga nna a zaamani safu ŋwaani ŋwaani ka n damyom nna daama duuri ko ga a jirimani ko beiyom tɔntɔni ceeji a bɔŋɔ,
Ka simma nna ka ãduniya zamaa marga beeri tutu ka nŋayo ba mɛɛ cinɛyo kulu cii kawa bɔrɔ ŋwɛnɛ ãduniya daama duuri hini ga,
Ka simma nna ka mɛɛcinɛyo cimaniyo ya ba nam daama duuri gweiyo ma dira dei-dei,
ãduniya zamaa marigã beiyani bɔrɔ ŋwɛnɛ daama duuri ãdininya kuna gwei cirici ka a hima zaamani an kokari kǎ ci tɛɛntɛ n ŋmaarɛ ba mani za couyom hini kuna beiyom ceejiyom, ga, bɔrɔ kulu ma mɛɛ cinɛ di ci a ŋwɛnɛ ganna zamaayom kulu mɔ ma duwa ka geeri tila cirici wɔ ga. Za ganna ŋmaani ŋmaaniyom kuna hali an to ãduniya zama kulu.
Aduniya kuna n gu ibuna damayo hɛi nɔ dei-dei nn daama nna n burucinitɛrɛ fɔ, n lasabu nna laakari ya nam nn mɔ huro cɛrɛ kuna nyanze tɛrɛ bɔŋɔɔ.
Baa mɛi hima a ma gonna daama nna bɔŋɔɔ mɛiyom zaŋa ka daama bei beiyaniyom mɛɛ cinɛ na a siriyani dimi fisɔu yo ma sii. A sii nna n ma ci wɔ nɔ gaa kwaarɛ wɔ nɔ gaa bii wɔ nɔ weibɔrɔ wɔ nɔ harubɔrɔ.
A sii nna cinɛ fisɔuyom; a sii nna adiini fisɔuyom a binɛ sii nna siyasa fisɔuyom.
Bɔrɔ kulu gonna hunayom nna bɔŋɔɔ mɛiyom nna bɔŋɔɔ naanɛyom daama.
Bɔrɔ fɔ na hima an ci bɔrɔ fɔ sɛ tam dee binɛ n ma mɔɔriya bɛrɛkɛtɛ. A ganna nɔ n hoŋu tamtɛrɛ nna mɔɔriyayom bɛrɛkɛtɛ ba hini fɔ ga.
N su bɔrɔ fɔ wahalani, n su ga cɛɛnani n binɛ su ga kamani.
Sariya ganna baa mani bɔrɔ gono a hima an saria ganna.
Iri kulu afɔ sariya mɔjinɛ ya nɔ binɛ sariya di gu iri kulu cɛruma.
Batumɛ gono bamɛi sɛ ɖɛɛ bɔrɔ na sariya daali n ma cɛɛ goosi sariyayo di mɔjinɛ ka yii ko beiyom.
Hini sii bɔrɔ fɔ sɛ a ma hacinɛ dii ka daabu ɔu a ma gɛi, dee binɛ a ma kaa kwaara ka na cii taalifɔ bɔŋɔ.
Hini gono bamɛi sɛ an goosi cɛ; goosi ka a ba hini ka a nɔ cimi ɔu a ma tãgarani a daama nna a tilasi bɔ̃ŋɔ.
Bɔrɔ fɔ su mɛɛ dam bɔrɔ fuu senni kuna bɛrɛkɛtɛ.Ya nɔ binɛ bɔrɔ fɔ sii nna a ma haŋasinɛ jirima zobu. Sariya bamɛi cɛruma nna alaamari zaŋa yayo.
Bamɛi kulu gonna daama lasabu, ga, diayom kuna nna adiini ganayom ga n binɛ ba hini ka baaru n bɔŋɔ fɔ ɔu noo zamaa ko ga loo zaŋa ka a sawa noo sɛ.
Bamɛi kulu gonna lasabu nna senni daama. A sɛ ganna nɔ bɔrɔ su ba hɛifɔ senni ɔu lasabu ko dirigoyom hɛi ka a binɛ ba senni kulu hini ka sei ba mani.
Ni ka kulu n gono zamaa kuna hima nɔ n ma gonna zamaa di naanɛ daama. A ma du kǒ bara n bukaata mǒ biyayom zaa almani nna taadayo daama duuri hini ga hɛiyo wɔ kulu nna kwaara zaama gaabi nna binɛ gɔrɔ ka sinɛ hɛinnɔ kwarayo ŋwɛnɛ alkawali hini ga. Ka simma nna zaŋa ka mɛtɛ yaasi kwaara fɔ fɔ na ŋwɛnɛ almani siriyani.
Bamɛi gonna gwei hinanzobu nna hɔɔrɛ daama gwei kɛiyaniyom zaka nna gwei hinanzobu kuna banayom saa nna saa.
Bɔrɔ kulu gonna daama a ma tɛ hɛi ka kwaara nna kwaara binni, nuŋu birijiyom ma si. Laakari kaniyom nna bɔŋɔ mɛiyom mo gono zaŋa ka nna beiyani bɔrɔ ãduniya daama tila kuna a ma duka bara mɔɔriyantɛ.
Beiyaniyom wɔ looyom ga siriya fɔ sii ka a ba nam kwaara fɔ su safu fɔ dee binɛ bɔrɔ ma tunu ka kɔɔnɛ ko ceeji gãnna zamaa ma daama duuri nna bɔŋɔ mɛiyom di ka n dam tila kuna saabu.
Name
Dendi
Total Speakers
72,000 (1995)
Usage by Country
Home Speakers: Benin, Niger
Background
It belongs to the Nilo-Saharan family and is spoken by 30,000 people in Benin and over 40,000 in Niger.