Eton-Mengisa
Eton-Mengisa is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon, by about 250 thousand people.
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Eton, or Ìtón, is a Bantu language spoken by the Eton people of Cameroon.
It is mutually intelligible with Ewondo, a fact which may have delayed its study for some time.
Eton speakers inhabit the Lekié department of the Centre Region of Cameroon, an area north of the capital Yaoundé bounded in the north by the Sanaga River.
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Words in Eton-Mengisa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | mìnŋgá | |
| person | t* | |
| name | oe* | |
| eye | is* | |
| nose | doe* | |
| tooth | soN* | |
| tongue | cem* | |
| blood | eci* | |
| bone | eves* | |
| skin | kobn5ol* | |
| knee | boN* | |
| breast | b3* | |
| liver | seg* | |
| water | mǝndím | |
| fire | doan* | |
| sun | ndob* | |
| star | tetEt* | |
| stone | gog* | |
| mountain | kol* | |
| tree | le* | |
| leaf | ka* | |
| night | alu* | |
| dog | bu* | |
| fish | kos* | |
| louse | yin* | |
| one | po* | |
| two | ba* | |
| drink | nyuN* | |
| see | yen* | |
| hear | wog* |
* 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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