Dompo
Dompo is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Ghana. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Dompo is a recently extinct language of Ghana. Speakers shifted to Nafaanra and Akan. It was spoken adjacent to the main town of the Nafaanra people, namely Banda, Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana. Blench (2015) reported that it was spoken by 10 households, and by 2020 it had only 6 speakers.
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Words in Dompo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Sya* | |
| name | nyinE* | |
| eye | nyisi* | |
| ear | sepe* | |
| nose | kaNgono* | |
| tooth | nyi* | |
| tongue | dandulo* | |
| hand | hale* | |
| blood | nkla* | |
| bone | wu* | |
| skin | bla* | |
| knee | Ngwali* | |
| breast | nyupo* | |
| liver | buruTE7* | |
| water | nsu | |
| fire | de* | |
| sun | pa* | |
| star | mpwETEabi* | |
| stone | bwi* | |
| mountain | bi* | |
| tree | yi* | |
| leaf | mfana* | |
| night | kanya* | |
| dog | kantiti* | |
| fish | kabE* | |
| louse | Nso7* | |
| one | ko* | |
| two | nyo* | |
| I | mi* | |
| you | wo* |
* 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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