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IOL 2018 Problem #5 Akan

Below three Akan men who belong to one family introduce themselves and some members of their family (see the family tree):

1. Yɛfrɛ me Enu. Yɛfrɛ me banom Thema ne Yaw ne Ama. Yɛfrɛ me yere Kunto. Yɛfrɛ me nuanom Awotwi ne Nsia. Yɛfrɛ me wɔfaase Berko.
2. Yɛfrɛ me Kofi. Yɛfrɛ me nua Esi. Yɛfrɛ me agya Ofori. Yɛfrɛ me sewaanom Dubaku ne Kunto. Yɛfrɛ me sewaabanom Yaw ne Ama ne Kobina.
3. Yɛfrɛ me Kobina. Yɛfrɛ me ɛnanom Dubaku ne Kunto. Yɛfrɛ me nuanom Yaw ne Ama. Yɛfrɛ me wɔfa Ofori. Yɛfrɛ me yere Efua.

(a) Supply the family tree with names.

(b) Here are some more statements by two other men from this family:

1. Yɛfrɛ me Yaw. Yɛfrɛ me ɛnanom _____. Yɛfrɛ me _____ Nsia ne _____. Yɛfrɛ me nuanom Thema ne _____. Yɛfrɛ me _____ Awotwi. Yɛfrɛ me _____ Ofori. Yɛfrɛ me _____ Esi ne _____. Yɛfrɛ me _____ Berko.
2. Yɛfrɛ me _____. Yɛfrɛ me banom Kofi ne _____. Yɛfrɛ me _____ Yaw ne _____. Yɛfrɛ me _____ Kunto ne _____.

Fill in the gaps. (Some gaps contain more than one word.)

⚠ Akan belongs to the Kwa group of the Atlantic-Congo family. It is spoken by approx. 8 000 000 people in Ghana.

—Ksenia Gilyarova