Aweer
Aweer is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Kenya and Somalia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Aweer (Aweera), also known as Boni (Bon, Bonta), is a Cushitic language of Eastern Kenya. The Aweer people, known by the arguably derogatory exonym Boni, are historically a hunter-gatherer people, traditionally subsisting on hunting, gathering, and collecting honey. Their ancestral lands range along the Kenyan coast from the Lamu and Ijara Districts into Southern Somalia's Badaade District.
According to Ethnologue, there are around 8,000 speakers of Aweer. Aweer has similarities with the Garre language, however, its speakers are distinct in culture and appearance from Garre speakers.
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Words in Aweer
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | dad* | |
| name | ma7aN* | |
| eye | il* | |
| ear | deg* | |
| nose | saN* | |
| tooth | irk3* | |
| tongue | arab* | |
| hand | ka7an* | |
| blood | dig* | |
| bone | laf* | |
| skin | kul* | |
| knee | Silib* | |
| breast | na7as* | |
| liver | ber* | |
| water | bi* | |
| fire | tob* | |
| sun | orah* | |
| star | hide* | |
| stone | diya* | |
| tree | ke* | |
| leaf | bal* | |
| night | habe* | |
| dog | oy* | |
| fish | malai* | |
| louse | iSir* | |
| one | halo* | |
| two | lob3* | |
| I | an* | |
| you | ad* | |
| we | un3* |
* 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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