Busa
Busa is a Mande language spoken in Nigeria.
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Busa, or Bisã, is the Mande language of the former Borgu Emirate in northwestern Nigeria and northern Benin. It is called Busanci in Hausa, and has also been called Zugweya.
From Wikipedia · Busa language (Mande) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Busa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | gbE* | |
| name | to* | |
| eye | wE* | |
| ear | sa* | |
| nose | yi* | |
| tooth | saka* | |
| tongue | nEnE* | |
| blood | aru* | |
| bone | wa* | |
| skin | bara* | |
| knee | koso* | |
| breast | yo* | |
| liver | po* | |
| fire | tE* | |
| sun | ifatE* | |
| star | sora* | |
| stone | gbE* | |
| mountain | kpi* | |
| tree | li* | |
| leaf | la* | |
| night | gwaani* | |
| dog | gbE* | |
| fish | kpo* | |
| louse | sa* | |
| one | do* | |
| two | pla* | |
| I | ma* | |
| you | n* | |
| drink | mi* | |
| hear | ma* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · busa1253 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bqp