Irigwe
Irigwe is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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The Rigwe language, Nkarigwe, is a Plateau language of Nigeria spoken by the Irigwe people mainly found in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Rigwe has highly complex phonology. The presence of the lateral fricative /ɬ/ in Rigwe, unusual among Plateau languages, suggests that there used to be West Chadic languages in the area with this phoneme.
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Words in Irigwe
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | lor* | |
| eye | riyi* | |
| ear | Cutsu* | |
| nose | unzu* | |
| tooth | riNyi* | |
| tongue | le* | |
| hand | bva* | |
| bone | rubu* | |
| water | riSi* | |
| fire | aror* | |
| sun | ner* | |
| star | randa* | |
| stone | zonwa* | |
| mountain | unbura* | |
| tree | kwe* | |
| night | toito* | |
| dog | vu* | |
| fish | hwe* | |
| one | uzuru* | |
| two | akwi* | |
| drink | Sei* | |
| die | arho* | |
| come | vei* | |
| path | ire* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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