Avokaya
Avokaya is a Central Sudanic language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa and South Sudan.
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Avokaya (also spelled Abukeia, Avukaya, or, in Arabic script, ابوكية) is a Central Sudanic language spoken in southern South Sudan and parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Words in Avokaya
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ledr* | |
| name | ru* | |
| eye | lifi* | |
| ear | bi* | |
| nose | omvo* | |
| tooth | si* | |
| tongue | landra* | |
| hand | dri* | |
| blood | ari* | |
| bone | fa* | |
| skin | i5iriku* | |
| knee | a7ya* | |
| breast | ba* | |
| liver | cocolo* | |
| water | yǐ | |
| fire | lesi* | |
| sun | yitu* | |
| star | bibia* | |
| stone | unimva* | |
| mountain | uni* | |
| tree | fa* | |
| night | NgaCi* | |
| dog | okya* | |
| fish | i7bi* | |
| one | alo* | |
| two | arri* | |
| I | ma* | |
| you | mi* | |
| we | ama* | |
| drink | mvu* |
* 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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Elsewhere
Glottolog · avok1242 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · avu