Dghwede
Dghwede is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Dghweɗe (also known as Hude, Johode, Traude, Dehoxde, Tghuade, Toghwede, Wa'a, Azaghvana, Zaghvana) is a Chadic language spoken in Borno State, Nigeria in the Gwoza LGA.
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Words in Dghwede
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | yaxa* | |
| eye | nde* | |
| ear | L3me* | |
| nose | xtire* | |
| tooth | Lire* | |
| tongue | raxe* | |
| hand | dava* | |
| blood | gwza7a* | |
| bone | LaLa* | |
| skin | vage* | |
| knee | gwiZe* | |
| water | yiwe* | |
| fire | kara* | |
| sun | fiTe* | |
| stone | kwire* | |
| tree | ufa* | |
| night | va8e* | |
| dog | gde* | |
| fish | klfe* | |
| one | tekwe* | |
| two | miTe* | |
| I | TiTe* | |
| you | kaTa* | |
| we | mure* | |
| drink | xuta* | |
| see | naga* | |
| hear | Tana* | |
| die | mTa* | |
| come | sawa* | |
| path | 8ule* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- GvokoAfro-Asiatic39% alike
- Guduf-GavaAfro-Asiatic38% alike
- GlavdaAfro-Asiatic30% alike
- CineniAfro-Asiatic30% alike
- Vemgo-MabasAfro-Asiatic22% alike
- ParkwaAfro-Asiatic22% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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