Anufo
Anufo is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Ghana, Benin, and Togo.
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Anufo (Anufɔ), also known as Chakosi, is an Akan language spoken in northeast Ghana, northern Togo, northwest Benin and Ivory Coast by approximately 180,000 people. Anufɔ is tonal and follows a subject-verb-object canonical structure. Anufɔ is spoken with dialectical differences across nine tribes, though all are mutually intelligible.
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Words in Anufo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | sono* | |
| name | duma* | |
| eye | a5umba* | |
| ear | asui* | |
| nose | abue* | |
| tooth | aje* | |
| tongue | tafelema* | |
| hand | asa* | |
| blood | mbunja* | |
| bone | bue* | |
| skin | angunE* | |
| knee | aja* | |
| breast | 5ufeni* | |
| liver | buE* | |
| water | nzue | |
| fire | si* | |
| sun | wiE* | |
| star | asalamba* | |
| stone | yabuE* | |
| mountain | buka* | |
| tree | baka* | |
| leaf | 5awa* | |
| night | konguE* | |
| dog | ca* | |
| fish | jomba* | |
| one | ku* | |
| two | n5o* | |
| I | mini* | |
| you | wolo* | |
| drink | nu* |
* 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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