Gen
Gen is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Benin and Togo.
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Gen (also called Gɛ̃, Gɛn gbe, Gebe, Guin, Mina, Mina-Gen, and Popo) is a Gbe language spoken in the southeast of Togo in the Maritime Region. Like the other Gbe languages, Gen is a tonal language.
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Written down
Agbetɔwo kpata le jijimɛa, ɖo vosinɔnɔ, nyi gbèsɔɛ́mɛ́wó le nujɔnunnyi ku goɖoejisewo, amɛbusewo mɛ. Tagbɔ le woa si, eye wɔnawo sɔdoda woanɔnɔwo gbɔa la nyi nɔ́visilélé.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Gen
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | Nkuvi* | |
| ear | eto* | |
| nose | Noti* | |
| tooth | aju* | |
| tongue | aje* | |
| hand | alo* | |
| blood | ehu* | |
| bone | epu* | |
| skin | agbaze* | |
| knee | eklo* | |
| liver | akla* | |
| water | esi* | |
| fire | ezo* | |
| sun | dokusu* | |
| stone | ekpe* | |
| mountain | eto* | |
| tree | ati* | |
| leaf | amakpa* | |
| dog | avu* | |
| one | eje* | |
| two | eve* | |
| I | mu* | |
| you | wo* | |
| we | mi* | |
| see | kpo* | |
| hear | se* | |
| come | va* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · genn1243 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · gej