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Ambele

Ambele is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Ambele · 5.9°N 9.6°E

Ambele is a Grassfields language of Cameroon.

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Words in Ambele

MeaningWordRomanization
personnod*
namegyEt*
eyesi*
eartu*
nosegyi*
toothsaN*
tonguelena*
handbo*
bloodkin*
bonewu*
skingb3*
kneegyawo*
breastben*
liverle*
waterɛ́mɔ̀ɔ̀
firewu*
sunji*
starjemeN*
stonete*
treeget*
leafwe*
nighttop*
dogbo*
fishsu*
lousegb3t*
onemo*
twobE*
Im3*
youwa*
webi*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary

  • NdemliAtlantic-Congo25% alike
  • BaloAtlantic-Congo23% alike
  • BumAtlantic-Congo23% alike
  • OsatuAtlantic-Congo22% alike
  • BabaAtlantic-Congo22% alike
  • NjenAtlantic-Congo22% alike

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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