Bouna Kulango
Bouna Kulango is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso.
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Written down
Igooyoo pɛɛ hʋn taa. Bɔ pɛɛ jabaga bɔrɔ. Hɔ ya gʋʋn’n bɔɔ hɛ pɛɛ, hɔ hɛ gusɛgɛ’n.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Bouna Kulango
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | 5o* | |
| name | yu* | |
| eye | pye* | |
| ear | ten* | |
| nose | sa* | |
| tooth | kagan* | |
| tongue | delen* | |
| hand | nu* | |
| blood | to* | |
| bone | xu* | |
| skin | to* | |
| knee | tokpu* | |
| breast | go* | |
| liver | pyE* | |
| water | yo* | |
| fire | da* | |
| sun | gbere* | |
| star | payi* | |
| stone | ni* | |
| tree | dyE* | |
| leaf | gbE* | |
| night | dErE* | |
| dog | man* | |
| fish | pu* | |
| one | ta* | |
| two | 5u* | |
| I | mya* | |
| we | bya* | |
| drink | ne* | |
| see | hi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
Grammar
- Central Gelao-QauTai-Kadai84% alike
- BambaraMande83% alike
- KutepAtlantic-Congo82% alike
- Nupe-Nupe-TakoAtlantic-Congo82% alike
- TibeaAtlantic-Congo81% alike
- Tigon MbembeAtlantic-Congo81% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.