Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2018 October 29

= October 29 =

Part of song from Ghana (transferred from the Help Desk)
Ghana main language is English, but what is the language of this song:

Nyame abode yi so oh Na anwanwasem ben mpo ni? Obrempon abode yi so oh Na anwanwasem ben mpo ni?

Awia ampue a, anka yeadidie mpo bebo yen Esum nso nni ho a, anka yebeden ahome? Nsua anto a, anka yeadidie mpo bebo yen Ewiem osram yiye fe, na eye sonoko koraa. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.49.77.111 (talk • contribs) $Transferred by Ian.thomson (talk) 00:05, 29 October 2018 (UTC)$


 * Igbo, according to Google Translate.
 * Nyame stay so so oh I'm gonna have a baby?
 * Obrempon stays here oh oh What is my baby?
 * How do you know this, and how do you know it?
 * This year, you know what you are like, and why not do it?


 * Rojomoke (talk) 00:11, 29 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Ghana is a long way from Igbo-land (southeastern Nigeria). It looks more like Twi to me, which also makes sense because it is a language of Ghana. I won't try to translate the whole thing, but Nyame means "God" and abode means "creation" in Twi.--William Thweatt TalkContribs 09:31, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Actually, we have an article about Nyame.--William Thweatt TalkContribs 09:34, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I have many friends from Ghana and southeastern Nigeria and can confirm this is Twi language.  I don't have a dictionary to hand, but


 * abode = heaven
 * ni = unity
 * ewiem = firmament — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.192.183.95 (talk) 19:10, 2 November 2018 (UTC)