Anuak
Anuak is a Nilotic language spoken in Ethiopia and South Sudan, by about 140 thousand people.
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Anuak or Anywaa is a Luo language which belongs to the western Nilotic branch of the Nilotic language family. It is spoken primarily in the western part of Ethiopia and also in South Sudan by the Anuak people. Other names for this language include: Anyuak, Anywa, Yambo, Jambo, Yembo, Bar, Burjin, Miroy, Moojanga, Nuro. Anuak, Päri, and Jur-Luwo comprise a dialect cluster. The most thorough description of the Anuak language is Reh (1996) Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions, which also includes glossed texts.
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Words in Anuak
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | 8ano* | |
| name | 5iN* | |
| eye | wEN* | |
| ear | yit8* | |
| nose | wum* | |
| tooth | leo* | |
| tongue | lEph* | |
| hand | Cino7* | |
| blood | rEmo7* | |
| bone | Co* | |
| skin | puindEl* | |
| knee | CunN* | |
| breast | 8u4o* | |
| liver | Cwin* | |
| water | pii | |
| fire | maC* | |
| sun | CEN* | |
| star | Cero* | |
| stone | kidi* | |
| mountain | kidi* | |
| tree | jot8* | |
| leaf | bogo* | |
| night | wEr* | |
| dog | gwukh* | |
| fish | reo7* | |
| louse | nuwo* | |
| one | aCyel* | |
| two | hario* | |
| I | anih* | |
| you | inih* |
* 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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