Awak
Awak is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria, by about 6,000 people.
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Yebu (language name: Yiin Yebu; also known as Awak or Awok) is one of the Savanna languages of Kaltungo LGA in Gombe State, northeastern Nigeria.
There are five distinct dialects corresponding to each of the original five settlements that had been spoken on the Awak Hill. Yebu is currently spoken in the plains rather than in the speakers' ancestral territory of Awak Hill.
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Words in Awak
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ni* | |
| name | dun* | |
| eye | nuNi* | |
| ear | bwara* | |
| nose | sur* | |
| tooth | nuNun* | |
| tongue | ben* | |
| hand | kaN* | |
| blood | tum* | |
| bone | kuku* | |
| skin | tE* | |
| knee | dun* | |
| breast | yir* | |
| liver | drr* | |
| water | mwe* | |
| fire | suli* | |
| sun | koko* | |
| star | sweri* | |
| stone | tEra* | |
| mountain | baN* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | laNto* | |
| night | kumi* | |
| dog | yedi* | |
| fish | nammwe* | |
| louse | sonkumE* | |
| one | din* | |
| two | yorop* | |
| I | mwo* | |
| you | mo* |
* 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 · awak1250 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · awo