Gamo-Ningi
Gamo-Ningi was an Atlantic-Congo language once spoken in Nigeria.
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Gamo and Ningi are a Kainji dialect cluster of Nigeria. Most of the 15,000 Gamo-Ningi spoke Hausa. The Gamo dialect is also known as à-ndi-Gamo, Ba-Buche, Ba-Mbutu, Buta, Butancii, Butawa, Butu, Mbotu, Mbuta, or tì-Gamo.
The dialect cluster was spoken in Ningi, Bauchi State. It has no known L1 speakers, the last known speaker having died in the 1980s; speakers have since shifted to Hausa.
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Words in Gamo-Ningi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | uwaro* | |
| name | uyale* | |
| eye | yiji* | |
| ear | tuto* | |
| nose | u5imu* | |
| tooth | uyini* | |
| tongue | uleme* | |
| blood | niyama* | |
| bone | u7uhu* | |
| skin | uba* | |
| knee | tulunuN* | |
| breast | u5ane* | |
| liver | unayi* | |
| water | mene* | |
| fire | ula* | |
| sun | mamai* | |
| stone | ugwaN* | |
| mountain | ubaN* | |
| tree | tiki* | |
| leaf | tuba* | |
| night | Sane* | |
| dog | u7yare* | |
| fish | upala* | |
| one | gyi* | |
| two | re* | |
| I | mi* | |
| you | mbu* | |
| we | ati* | |
| drink | Sei* | |
| see | gindi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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- IzoraAtlantic-Congo34% alike
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- LereAtlantic-Congo24% alike
- Sanga (Nigeria)Atlantic-Congo24% alike
- Sheni-ZiriyaAtlantic-Congo21% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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