Bimoba
Bimoba is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Ghana and Togo. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Moba or Bimoba is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Moba people of Togo and Ghana. There are also some Moba speakers in Burkina Faso. It has two dialects (Moba in Togo and Burkina Faso and Bimoba in Ghana). The language cluster is also known as Moba–Bimoba.
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Words in Bimoba
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nulo* | |
| name | san* | |
| eye | nimbin* | |
| ear | tub* | |
| nose | mia* | |
| tooth | 5an* | |
| tongue | lam* | |
| hand | nu* | |
| blood | so* | |
| bone | kpab* | |
| skin | gbouN* | |
| knee | dun* | |
| breast | bia* | |
| liver | po* | |
| water | nyun | |
| fire | mu* | |
| sun | yenu* | |
| star | Nmabi* | |
| stone | tan* | |
| mountain | jo* | |
| tree | tik* | |
| leaf | faok* | |
| night | 5iok* | |
| dog | bok* | |
| fish | jaN* | |
| louse | biabik* | |
| one | yen* | |
| two | le* | |
| I | mi* | |
| you | fi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- GourmanchémaAtlantic-Congo40% alike
- NgangamAtlantic-Congo35% alike
- FrafraAtlantic-Congo31% alike
- Central DagaareAtlantic-Congo30% alike
- Malba BiriforAtlantic-Congo29% alike
- Buli (Ghana)Atlantic-Congo28% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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