Gaam
Gaam is an Eastern Jebel language spoken in Sudan.
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Gaam (Gaahmg), also known as Ingessana, (Me/Mun) Tabi, Kamanidi, or Mamedja/Mamidza, is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken by the Ingessana people in the Tabi Hills in Blue Nile State in eastern Sudan, near Ethiopia. It was considered an isolate within Eastern Sudanic until the other Eastern Jebel languages were discovered in the late 20th century. Dialects are Soda (Tao), Kukur (Gor), Kulang (Kulelek, Bau), Buwahg (Buek).
An early record of this language is a short wordlist dated February 1883 by Juan Maria Schuver. His informant came from the east side of the Tabi Hills, but was hard to understand because he was chewing tobacco.
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Words in Gaam
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Tin* | |
| name | bEl* | |
| eye | Ed* | |
| ear | wind* | |
| nose | fodor* | |
| tooth | 5i* | |
| tongue | kala* | |
| hand | as* | |
| blood | afad* | |
| bone | am* | |
| skin | pare* | |
| knee | kusumi* | |
| breast | wi* | |
| liver | 3m3* | |
| water | fɛg | |
| fire | mo* | |
| sun | tEl* | |
| star | rim3* | |
| stone | mid* | |
| mountain | gam* | |
| tree | ufu* | |
| leaf | tEfa* | |
| night | kaE* | |
| dog | a8a* | |
| fish | g3uld3* | |
| louse | TiNid* | |
| one | taman* | |
| two | dag* | |
| I | a* | |
| you | o* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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- SangisariIndo-European12% alike
- Dogul Dom DogonDogon11% alike
- MidobNubian9% alike
- LamangAfro-Asiatic9% alike
- SikaritaiLakes Plain9% alike
- Tiagbamrin AiziKru8% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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