Cross River Mbembe
Cross River Mbembe is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria.
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Mbembe is a Cross River language of Nigeria. Odut, a divergent variety spoken in a village far South of the rest of Mbembe, had 20 speakers in 1980 and may be extinct.
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Words in Cross River Mbembe
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | eTe* | |
| eye | iTen* | |
| ear | itoN* | |
| nose | isuN* | |
| tooth | asa* | |
| tongue | adak* | |
| hand | obok* | |
| blood | isa* | |
| bone | okobo* | |
| skin | akpakpa* | |
| knee | eduduNo* | |
| water | asi | |
| fire | ekpon* | |
| sun | ewuTen* | |
| stone | ata* | |
| tree | eTi* | |
| night | eruNo* | |
| dog | afa* | |
| fish | etenCaasi* | |
| one | wano* | |
| two | mfa* | |
| I | kam* | |
| you | ko* | |
| we | mina* | |
| drink | gwo* | |
| see | se* | |
| hear | baNa* | |
| die | pe* | |
| come | kwu* | |
| path | eden* |
* 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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