Buduma
Buduma is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Yedina (autonym: Yedǝnami), also known as Buduma or Boudouma, is a Chadic language of the Biu–Mandara branch spoken around Lake Chad in western Chad and neighbouring Cameroon and Nigeria.
200 speakers live in Cameroon, and the rest live in Chad.
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Words in Buduma
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | hemu* | |
| eye | yil* | |
| ear | homu* | |
| nose | Tinai* | |
| tooth | henai* | |
| tongue | telam* | |
| hand | yumai* | |
| blood | Ti* | |
| bone | hai* | |
| skin | fou* | |
| knee | a5i* | |
| breast | koyei* | |
| liver | hoxinde* | |
| water | amaii | |
| fire | au* | |
| sun | ayi* | |
| star | hilogu* | |
| stone | kau* | |
| mountain | kau* | |
| tree | wanai* | |
| leaf | kaluwane* | |
| night | kenum* | |
| dog | keli* | |
| fish | ki* | |
| louse | hate* | |
| one | kete* | |
| two | ki* | |
| I | ndou* | |
| you | na* | |
| we | domu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- MpadeAfro-Asiatic17% alike
- KwiniWorrorran13% alike
- Manga-Dagera KanuriSaharan12% alike
- KanuriSaharan12% alike
- FarafiAustronesian11% alike
- Marghi CentralAfro-Asiatic10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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