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Baatonum

Baatonum is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria and Benin.

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Bariba, also known as Baatonum, is the language of the Bariba people and was the language of the state of Borgu. The native speakers are called Baatombu (singular Baatonu), Barba, Baruba, Berba and a number of various other names and spellings.

It is primarily spoken in Benin, but also across the border in adjacent Kwara State and Niger State, a percentage of speakers are also found in Saki West local government area of Oyo State Nigeria, and some Bariba are in Togo, Burkina Faso and Niger. Welmers (1952) reported the Bariba language as spoken in the cities of Nikki, Parakou, Kandi, gwanara, Bankubu, Boriya, Ilesha Baruba and Natitingou.

From Wikipedia · Bariba language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Written down

Ba tɔmbu kpuro marawa ba tii mɔ, ba nɛ, girima ka saria sɔɔ. Ba ra bwisiku, ba dasabu mɔ, ma n weene ba n waasinɛ mɛrobisiru sɔɔ.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Baatonum

MeaningWordRomanization
persontonu*
nameyisiru*
eyenon*
earswa*
nosewE*
toothdon*
tongueyar*
handnomu*
bloodyEm*
bonekuku*
skingon*
kneedu*
breastbwa*
liverwo*
waternim
firedo*
sunso*
starkper*
stonekpe*
mountaingu*
treeda*
leafwuru*
nightwokuru*
dogbo*
fishswa*
lousegani*
onetia*
twoyiru*
Ina*
youa*

* 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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