Gwama
Gwama is a Koman language spoken in Ethiopia, by about 319 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kwama (also Afan Mao, Amam, Gogwama, Goma, Gwama, Koma of Asosa, Nokanoka, North Koma, T'wa Kwama, Takwama) is a Koman language, spoken in the South Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, along the Sudan border between Asosa and Gidami.
An early record of this language is a wordlist dated March 1882 by Juan Maria Schuver.
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Words in Gwama
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | sit* | |
| name | sonk* | |
| eye | zi* | |
| ear | seye* | |
| nose | SunS* | |
| tooth | Si* | |
| tongue | takall* | |
| hand | bit* | |
| blood | sam* | |
| bone | si* | |
| skin | gongo* | |
| knee | dugull* | |
| breast | sup* | |
| liver | toto* | |
| water | iya | |
| fire | ant* | |
| sun | kala* | |
| star | bizin* | |
| stone | pidill* | |
| mountain | ko* | |
| tree | swala* | |
| night | anzugun* | |
| dog | kana* | |
| fish | wass* | |
| louse | sowanzo* | |
| one | asiyene* | |
| two | siya* | |
| I | ga* | |
| you | ik* | |
| we | ma* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Lavia-Awalai-Damangnuo AwaAustroasiatic12% alike
- OpoKoman12% alike
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- LahuSino-Tibetan11% alike
- Northern KissiAtlantic-Congo11% alike
- SunwadiaAustronesian10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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