Dagik
Dagik is a Narrow Talodi language spoken in Sudan.
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Dagik, or Dengebu, Dagig, Thakik, Buram, Reikha, is a Niger–Congo language in the Talodi family spoken in the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, Sudan. It is 80% lexically similar to Ngile, which is also spoken by the Mesakin people.
The most comprehensive grammar is that of Vanderelst (2016).
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Words in Dagik
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | pur* | |
| name | karNa* | |
| eye | cigi* | |
| ear | kanu* | |
| nose | k3ca* | |
| tooth | cinni* | |
| tongue | tuluNa* | |
| hand | cuwi* | |
| blood | Naru* | |
| bone | camma* | |
| skin | Ni8u* | |
| knee | kangu* | |
| breast | c3cik* | |
| liver | tuNga* | |
| water | ŋɛr | |
| fire | ti* | |
| sun | ciNgi* | |
| star | codo* | |
| stone | p3do* | |
| mountain | c3rro* | |
| tree | pira* | |
| leaf | katta* | |
| night | naNgora* | |
| dog | NauN* | |
| fish | Naba* | |
| louse | tara* | |
| one | yallu* | |
| two | yara* | |
| I | oNi* | |
| you | oNa* |
* 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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Elsewhere
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