Barombi
Barombi is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Rombi (Lombi) is a Bantu language spoken in the Meme department of the Southwest Province of southwestern Cameroon by the Barombi (Barumbi, Balombi) people. It has a lexical similarity of 86% with Bankon, which is spoken in the nearby Moungo department of Littoral Province.
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Words in Barombi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mut* | |
| name | dio* | |
| eye | dis* | |
| ear | diwo5* | |
| nose | dio* | |
| tooth | disoN* | |
| tongue | filem* | |
| hand | Nku5* | |
| blood | make* | |
| bone | kifes* | |
| skin | koko* | |
| breast | dibe* | |
| water | màléf | |
| fire | fey* | |
| sun | fyaNa* | |
| tree | ke* | |
| leaf | kisawa* | |
| night | ngoko* | |
| dog | mbyo* | |
| fish | titilef* | |
| louse | Ce* | |
| one | Ca* | |
| two | ba* | |
| drink | 5o* | |
| see | ne* | |
| hear | nok* | |
| die | wo* | |
| come | fe* | |
| path | nje* |
* 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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