There are very few printed resources for the Nawdm language. A dictionary is rare. A phrase book is almost unheard of. And a full twelve-month wall calendar in Nawdm, with traditional month names, cultural festivals, and public holidays printed in three languages? Until this calendar, nothing like it existed.
The Language Roots Hub Nawdm Wall Calendar 2027 is a heritage document. It was built to be useful every single day of the year, and it was built to last beyond that. Every month you look at it, you are looking at the Nawdm language in a format that most people have never seen it in before.
What Is Inside the Nawdm Calendar 2027?
- All 12 Nawdm traditional month names, one for each month of the year
- Public holidays listed in Nawdm, French, and English side by side
- Traditional Nawdba festivals and seasonal markers throughout the year
- Cultural photography representing the people and landscapes of the Nawdba homeland
- Source references from ASDN and the SIL Togo Dictionary for linguistic accuracy
- 14 professionally designed pages
Why This Calendar Matters
The Nawdba people live in the Doufelgou District of northern Togo, on a plateau between the Kabiyè Mountains and the Défalé Chain. Their language, Nawdm, belongs to the Gur branch of the Niger-Congo family. It is spoken not only in Togo but also among Nawdm communities in Ghana, including the Greater Accra Region and the Oti Region.
Despite having thousands of speakers spread across two countries, Nawdm has almost no presence in print. School materials are in French. Government documents are in French. Even most church resources are in French or English. A calendar in Nawdm does something small but meaningful. It puts the language where people can see it every day, in a form they can touch, share, and hang on a wall.
For families in the diaspora who want their children to have some connection to the language of their grandparents, this calendar is a quiet way to keep that connection alive in the home.
How the Calendar Was Built
The traditional month names and cultural information were sourced from established linguistic references including the ASDN and the SIL Togo Dictionary, both of which have done documentation work in northern Togo. The calendar was reviewed and verified for accuracy before publication.
Who Is This For?
It is for Nawdba families in Togo and Ghana who want a piece of their heritage in their home. It is for researchers and linguists working on Gur language documentation. It is for churches and mission organizations working in Nawdm-speaking communities. And it is for anyone who believes that a language worth speaking is a language worth printing.
How to Get It
The Nawdm Calendar 2027 is a PDF. You pay once through Paystack and it downloads immediately the moment your payment is confirmed. You can print it at home, at a print shop, or contact us to arrange a professionally printed physical copy delivered to your door.
Price: GHS 60
If you want all five language calendars together, the complete 2027 bundle (Nawdm, Ewe, Gã, Kabiyè, and Twi) is available for GHS 240 instead of GHS 300.
You can also explore the free Nawdm Dictionary on this site, or visit the full Language Roots Hub shop to see all available calendars and phrase books. For questions, email dictionaries100@gmail.com.
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