Evant
Evant is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Evant is a Tivoid language of Nigeria.
Evant has and efforts are currently underway to document and preserve it.
From Wikipedia · Evant language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Evant
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | ɔkɑs | |
| person | not* | |
| name | ta* | |
| eye | Si* | |
| ear | toNkok* | |
| nose | nwEh* | |
| tooth | nuk* | |
| tongue | vivi* | |
| hand | kivi* | |
| blood | ambo* | |
| bone | gbuk* | |
| skin | kok* | |
| breast | tombwa* | |
| water | mɑmulum | |
| fire | zwEla* | |
| sun | wo* | |
| tree | tEk* | |
| leaf | kax* | |
| night | wE* | |
| dog | gwa* | |
| fish | su* | |
| louse | zu* | |
| one | kamok* | |
| two | vialo* | |
| drink | mu* | |
| see | Ta* | |
| hear | Nmgba* | |
| die | gbo* | |
| come | va* | |
| path | gwawah* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- IyiveAtlantic-Congo27% alike
- Buru-AngweAtlantic-Congo21% alike
- Iceve-MaciAtlantic-Congo20% alike
- TivAtlantic-Congo19% alike
- EsimbiAtlantic-Congo18% alike
- AdangmeAtlantic-Congo15% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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