Akose — Learn Bakossi
Akose Bakossi

Learn Bakossi (Akoose)

A living dictionary for the Bakossi language.

Bakossi counts by addition: past ten, every number is built from the ones before it. Drag the slider and watch how Diom (ten) combines with the smaller numbers to build new ones — the same pattern the whole numbering system runs on.

How Bakossi builds a number
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Lessons

Reference

Counting

Sources & further reading

Vocabulary in this app is drawn from the Bakossi study guide and audio lessons by Dr. Theo Alowbede Epie & Dr. Martin Akwensioge, and the Bakossi Jeopardy study guide by Dr. Ewang Theo Epie-Alobwede (BACDA USA).

For a deeper linguistic reference on Akoose and the related Manenguba languages (Mbo, Nninong, and others), see Robert Hedinger's The Manenguba Languages (Bantu A.15, Mbo Cluster) of Cameroon (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1987) — a comparative-historical study covering phonology, grammar, and vocabulary across the language cluster.

Spoken audio reference (Bible narrations in Akoose/Bakossi) courtesy of Global Recordings Network.

Only some lessons have full vocabulary so far — the rest are ready for words to be added.