Gwamhi-Wuri
Gwamhi-Wuri is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria and Benin. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Gwamhi-Wuri (Wurə-Gwamhyə-Mba), or Lyase, is a Kainji language of Nigeria. There are three varieties which have only slight differences. "Lyase-Ne" means "mother tongue". The Mba people, known in Hausa as Kokanawa, were recently reported by Blench (2012).
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Words in Gwamhi-Wuri
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nete* | |
| name | gimi* | |
| eye | iSi* | |
| ear | seme* | |
| nose | somo* | |
| tooth | ninu* | |
| tongue | reme* | |
| hand | kumu* | |
| blood | hye* | |
| bone | cal3* | |
| skin | baN3* | |
| knee | zwene* | |
| breast | rome* | |
| liver | jab3* | |
| water | b3* | |
| fire | la* | |
| sun | ho* | |
| star | bele* | |
| stone | hale* | |
| mountain | dalo* | |
| tree | te* | |
| leaf | ba* | |
| night | tentete* | |
| dog | o* | |
| fish | gyane* | |
| louse | kwarkwata* | |
| one | d3* | |
| two | y3l3* | |
| drink | swa* | |
| see | hyane* |
* 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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