Belneng
Belneng is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria.
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Belnǝng (Belneng, Bǝlnǝng, Belning, Bɨlnɨng) is a West Chadic language of Shendam LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria closely related to Angas. It is spoken by about 500 people in the single village of Langung, which is surrounded by Tal villages in the east and Miship villages in the west (Blench 2017). It is documented in Blench & Bulkaam (2019).
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Words in Belneng
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | gurum* | |
| name | s3m* | |
| eye | yit* | |
| ear | kom* | |
| nose | goN* | |
| tooth | os* | |
| tongue | lis* | |
| hand | sar* | |
| blood | tom* | |
| bone | is* | |
| skin | SimSik* | |
| knee | polgul* | |
| breast | wur* | |
| liver | f3lok* | |
| water | am* | |
| fire | wus* | |
| sun | pus* | |
| star | nzar* | |
| stone | paN* | |
| mountain | butpe* | |
| tree | t3N* | |
| leaf | komt3N* | |
| night | par* | |
| dog | as* | |
| fish | Sorop* | |
| louse | nCam* | |
| one | mendoN* | |
| two | v3l* | |
| I | an* | |
| you | xa* |
* 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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