Eastern Maninkakan
Eastern Maninkakan is a Mande language spoken in Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, and Sierra Leone.
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Written down
Adamadennu bɛɛ sɔdɔnɲa kakan, hɔrɔya dɔ, fabadenɲa dɔ ani sariya ta fan dɔ. Hankili ni sɔnɔmɛ ye alu bɛɛ ma, a kakan wo dɔ alu ye bakelenɲa sila lataaman alu ɲɔɔn tɛ.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Eastern Maninkakan
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | moxo* | |
| name | dama* | |
| eye | 5a* | |
| ear | tulu* | |
| nose | nuN* | |
| tooth | 5iN* | |
| hand | bulu* | |
| blood | dyoli* | |
| bone | kulu* | |
| skin | gulu* | |
| knee | kumbarinkuN* | |
| breast | karada* | |
| liver | bi5a* | |
| water | ji | |
| star | lolo* | |
| stone | kuru* | |
| mountain | kuru* | |
| tree | iri* | |
| night | su* | |
| dog | ulu* | |
| fish | yege* | |
| louse | 5amu* | |
| one | kiliN* | |
| two | fula* | |
| I | m* | |
| you | i* | |
| we | a* | |
| drink | lami* | |
| see | ye* | |
| hear | me* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Kita ManinkakanMande66% alike
- XaasongaxangoMande64% alike
- MandinkaMande53% alike
- WojenakaMande51% alike
- Western ManinkakanMande49% alike
- Sankaran ManinkaMande48% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.