Gourmanchéma
Gourmanchéma is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin, and Togo.
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Gourmanché (Goulmacema, Gourma, Gourmantche, Gulimancema, Gulmancema, Gurma, Gourmanchéma) is the language of the Gurma people. It is the largest by number of speakers of the Gurma subgroup of the Oti–Volta languages, which includes among others the Moba language and the Konkomba language. It is the major language of the easternmost parts of Burkina Faso, around the traditional Gurma capital Fada N'gourma; it is also spoken in neighbouring parts of northern Togo, Benin, Niger, Ghana and Nigeria.
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Words in Gourmanchéma
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nilo* | |
| name | yeli* | |
| eye | numbu* | |
| ear | tubli* | |
| nose | miali* | |
| tooth | nyenli* | |
| tongue | lambu* | |
| hand | nu* | |
| blood | soama* | |
| bone | kpabli* | |
| breast | bili* | |
| liver | pwali* | |
| water | nyima* | |
| fire | tama* | |
| sun | yenu* | |
| star | gmabiga* | |
| stone | tanli* | |
| mountain | dyoali* | |
| tree | tibu* | |
| leaf | fagu* | |
| night | nyagu* | |
| dog | buaga* | |
| fish | dyamo* | |
| drink | nyu* | |
| see | la* | |
| die | kpe* | |
| come | tyoa* | |
| path | sanu* |
* 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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Glottolog · gour1243 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · gux