Gude
Gude is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Gude is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State in Mubi South LGA and in Borno State in some parts of Askira-Uba LGA. It is also spoken in neighboring Cameroon. Different dialects are spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon.
Gude is also spoken in the southern part of Bourrha commune (Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North Region) and the western end of Mayo-Oulo district (Mayo-Louti department, North Region). It is spoken by about 28,000 people.
From Wikipedia · Gude language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Gude
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nda* | |
| name | l3ma* | |
| eye | gin* | |
| ear | limin* | |
| nose | Sin37* | |
| tooth | liNin* | |
| tongue | g3na* | |
| blood | idina* | |
| bone | ila* | |
| skin | kuvu7un* | |
| knee | ida* | |
| breast | wan* | |
| liver | vurSin* | |
| water | māʔīn | |
| fire | gwun* | |
| sun | gad3gyi* | |
| star | t3kisa* | |
| stone | fara* | |
| mountain | gyiNwa* | |
| tree | uNfwa* | |
| leaf | ba7* | |
| night | vuda* | |
| dog | 3da* | |
| fish | xurfin* | |
| louse | juNkara* | |
| one | tan* | |
| two | bray* | |
| drink | Si* | |
| see | nEi* | |
| hear | fi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Jimi (Cameroon)Afro-Asiatic48% alike
- FaliAfro-Asiatic36% alike
- ZizilivakanAfro-Asiatic27% alike
- SharwaAfro-Asiatic22% alike
- TsuvanAfro-Asiatic20% alike
- NzanyiAfro-Asiatic19% alike
Grammar
- YakomaAtlantic-Congo83% alike
- Northern NgbandiAtlantic-Congo83% alike
- HubaAfro-Asiatic81% alike
- Bura-PabirAfro-Asiatic81% alike
- GerumaAfro-Asiatic81% alike
- TombonuoAustronesian81% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · gude1246 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · gde