Akabo
Akabo was a Great Andamanese language once spoken in India.
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Akabo or Bo (also known as Ba) is an extinct dialect of the Northern Andamanese language. It was spoken on the west central coast of North Andaman and on North Reef Island of the Andaman Islands in India. It was recorded as being mutually intelligible with Aka-Jeru, and the vocabularies are very similar.
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Words in Akabo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nule* | |
| name | aliwo* | |
| eye | irkodig* | |
| ear | irbo* | |
| tooth | mopalo* | |
| tongue | ototel* | |
| hand | onkorodo* | |
| blood | ta* | |
| bone | to* | |
| skin | otekoiC* | |
| knee | lu* | |
| breast | irkomdo* | |
| water | ano* | |
| fire | ohtdo* | |
| sun | oute* | |
| star | koicen* | |
| stone | mado* | |
| mountain | burindo* | |
| tree | otoN* | |
| leaf | coi* | |
| night | potido* | |
| dog | bibi* | |
| fish | toiio* | |
| louse | kalo* | |
| two | irpol* | |
| five | kumugyĭ | |
| you | Nule* | |
| we | mule* | |
| drink | poikon* | |
| see | irtilukon* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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