Boon
Boon is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Somalia. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Boon or Af-Boon is a nearly extinct Cushitic language spoken by 59 people (as of 2000) in Jilib District, Middle Jubba Region of southern Somalia. In recent decades they have shifted to the Maay dialect of Jilib. All speakers were reported in the 1980s to be older than 60. Their traditional occupations are as hunters, leatherworkers and, more recently, shoemakers.
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Words in Boon
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | deri* | |
| eye | ain* | |
| ear | maxali* | |
| nose | saneg* | |
| tooth | wafer* | |
| tongue | laxdan* | |
| hand | ganad* | |
| blood | Xasero* | |
| bone | lXafil* | |
| skin | huwad* | |
| breast | dXarowa* | |
| liver | tiro* | |
| water | lawo* | |
| fire | ilah* | |
| sun | iftin* | |
| stone | tomala* | |
| tree | awas* | |
| night | humag* | |
| one | deri* | |
| two | lomi* | |
| I | ani* | |
| you | adi* | |
| we | inagu* | |
| drink | Xido* | |
| see | aimei* | |
| hear | maxalei* | |
| die | ruf* | |
| come | godis* | |
| new | Xanisan* |
* 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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