Besme
Besme is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Chad. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Besme is an Adamawa language of Chad. It is one of the three members of the Kim languages group, together with Kim and Goundo.
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Words in Besme
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | sunu* | |
| name | di* | |
| eye | ndua* | |
| ear | horo* | |
| nose | vual* | |
| tooth | hiyim* | |
| tongue | delEm* | |
| hand | ju* | |
| blood | Com* | |
| bone | kal* | |
| skin | hu3* | |
| knee | gubal* | |
| breast | pwa* | |
| water | mam* | |
| fire | wal* | |
| sun | go* | |
| stone | ndil* | |
| tree | ura* | |
| leaf | do* | |
| night | dal* | |
| dog | gwi* | |
| fish | Ci* | |
| one | mbraN* | |
| two | Ciri* | |
| I | mi* | |
| you | mu* | |
| drink | ndo* | |
| see | gwal* | |
| hear | to* | |
| die | siy3* |
* 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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