Dass
Dass is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria, by about 37.6 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Dass (also known as Barawa) is an Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster spoken in Bauchi State and Plateau State, Nigeria.
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Words in Dass
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | min* | |
| name | Sin* | |
| eye | ir* | |
| ear | k3m* | |
| nose | Ng3s3N* | |
| tooth | Sen* | |
| tongue | ng3ti* | |
| hand | to* | |
| blood | bran* | |
| bone | is* | |
| skin | kur* | |
| knee | gamfuren* | |
| breast | Ngin* | |
| liver | mbati* | |
| water | Sa* | |
| fire | wutu* | |
| sun | pedi* | |
| star | SakSak* | |
| stone | s3m* | |
| mountain | sumubari* | |
| tree | p3t* | |
| leaf | mbax3m* | |
| night | fwari* | |
| dog | kat* | |
| fish | gyas* | |
| louse | kwarkwate* | |
| one | n3m* | |
| two | rwap* | |
| I | am* | |
| you | ki* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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