Bandial
Bandial is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Senegal. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Bandial (Banjaal), or Eegima (Eegimaa), is a Jola language of the Casamance region of Senegal. The three dialects, Affiniam, Bandial proper, and Elun (Hulon, also Kuluunaay, Kujireray) are divergent, on the border between dialects and distinct languages.
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Words in Bandial
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | an* | |
| name | yow* | |
| eye | yiSil* | |
| ear | nu* | |
| nose | 5undu* | |
| tooth | NiN* | |
| tongue | rerum* | |
| hand | da5en* | |
| blood | sim* | |
| bone | vul* | |
| skin | pol* | |
| knee | yul* | |
| breast | giN* | |
| liver | fi5* | |
| water | mal* | |
| fire | sambun* | |
| sun | na* | |
| star | ut* | |
| stone | val* | |
| tree | nunux* | |
| leaf | toy* | |
| night | fux* | |
| dog | yoba* | |
| fish | ol* | |
| louse | tu55a* | |
| one | yanur* | |
| two | suba* | |
| I | inje* | |
| you | aw* | |
| we | wolal* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Grammar
- MboleAtlantic-Congo90% alike
- ZinzaAtlantic-Congo87% alike
- Northern NgbandiAtlantic-Congo86% alike
- BafiaAtlantic-Congo85% alike
- HereroAtlantic-Congo85% alike
- Salka-TsishinginiAtlantic-Congo84% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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