Arbore
Arbore is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia, by about 7,210 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Arbore is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Arbore people in southern Ethiopia in a few settlements of Hamer woreda near Lake Chew Bahir.
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Words in Arbore
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | modo* | |
| name | mEke7e* | |
| eye | inTa* | |
| ear | nebi* | |
| nose | sono* | |
| tooth | ilkwa* | |
| tongue | lEke* | |
| hand | lEba* | |
| blood | dika* | |
| bone | lef* | |
| skin | dulteda* | |
| liver | sEde* | |
| water | biče | |
| fire | eg* | |
| sun | awa* | |
| star | uzuke* | |
| stone | kate* | |
| mountain | El* | |
| tree | koro* | |
| leaf | dedEnta* | |
| night | arawa* | |
| dog | kair* | |
| fish | beka* | |
| louse | ingira* | |
| one | tokoTa* | |
| two | lamaTa* | |
| I | yelo* | |
| you | gairta* | |
| we | inu* | |
| drink | ige* |
* 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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Glottolog · arbo1245 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · arv