Akie
Akie is a Nilotic language spoken in Tanzania. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Akie (Mosiro, Nandi, "(N)dorobo", Akie: kuuti táá akiecode: mwy is deprecated 'mouth of the Akie people') is a Kalenjin language spoken in Tanzania. It is a moribund endangered language, with only a few elders who speak it. The Akie people have adopted Maasai and Swahili, and it was reported in 1981 that younger generations are becoming less fluent in Akie. No more than 200 people speak Akie as of 2015.
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Words in Akie
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ci* | |
| name | kainE* | |
| eye | konta* | |
| ear | itit* | |
| nose | sEru* | |
| tooth | kelat* | |
| tongue | nyElyEpta* | |
| hand | eu* | |
| blood | iamasure* | |
| bone | kawe* | |
| skin | mwita* | |
| knee | kutunta* | |
| breast | kine* | |
| liver | koyoye* | |
| water | pe* | |
| fire | ma* | |
| sun | asita* | |
| star | kelyante* | |
| stone | kolta* | |
| mountain | kolta* | |
| tree | ketit* | |
| leaf | seke* | |
| night | laNat* | |
| dog | Noita* | |
| fish | sinkiri* | |
| louse | ikirE* | |
| one | akENkE* | |
| two | ayeny* | |
| I | anE* | |
| you | inye* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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