Dongotono
Dongotono is a Nilotic language spoken in South Sudan. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Dongotono (Dongotono pronunciation: [dóŋòtónò]) is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken by an estimated 5,000 people in South Sudan.
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Words in Dongotono
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tuNani* | |
| name | furei* | |
| eye | xo5ak* | |
| ear | Tyok* | |
| nose | hime* | |
| tooth | xalati* | |
| tongue | Nadap* | |
| hand | xani* | |
| blood | oxot* | |
| bone | xoito* | |
| skin | Tala* | |
| knee | koN* | |
| breast | kina* | |
| liver | mu5a* | |
| water | xárɪ́ | |
| fire | xima* | |
| sun | xoloN* | |
| star | xaTeri* | |
| stone | moru* | |
| mountain | doNa* | |
| tree | sani* | |
| leaf | beneti* | |
| night | xarue* | |
| dog | ixure* | |
| fish | xamit* | |
| louse | loferiti* | |
| one | boito* | |
| two | akwari* | |
| I | naN* | |
| you | iyye* |
* 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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