Balo
Balo is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Balo is a Grassfields language of Cameroon. Alunfa is distinct and perhaps should be considered a different language.
Balo and Alunfa are poorly documented and for a time had been considered Tivoid languages.
From Wikipedia · Balo language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Balo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | wa7* | |
| name | ko* | |
| eye | Si* | |
| ear | to* | |
| nose | xi* | |
| tooth | So* | |
| tongue | name* | |
| hand | bo* | |
| blood | Nki* | |
| bone | bu* | |
| skin | gok* | |
| breast | bE* | |
| water | ɔmwɔ | |
| fire | wisi* | |
| sun | teTwi* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | fuwubwe* | |
| night | Tu* | |
| dog | bo* | |
| fish | su* | |
| louse | klamba* | |
| one | yimo7* | |
| two | bofE* | |
| drink | enwox* | |
| see | ega* | |
| hear | eyo* | |
| die | eku* | |
| come | eya7* | |
| path | gli* |
* 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 · balo1264 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bqo