Jina
Jina is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon and Chad. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Jina (Zina) is an Afroasiatic language of Cameroon. The Muxule variety may be a distinct language.
Jina is spoken in Zina commune, located just to the south of Logone-Birni commune. Muxule is spoken in a few villages to the north of Logone-Birni (department of Logone-et-Chari, Far North Region) by 1,500 speakers. The people of Zina claim to understand Lagwan and Munjuk better than Muxule.
From Wikipedia · Jina language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Jina
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mamala* | |
| name | s3m* | |
| eye | iri* | |
| ear | s3m* | |
| nose | hiskini* | |
| tooth | sin* | |
| tongue | anis3* | |
| hand | f3na* | |
| blood | nC3k3* | |
| bone | asas3* | |
| skin | suva* | |
| knee | tagwi* | |
| breast | faw* | |
| water | ami* | |
| fire | afwa* | |
| sun | avaCa* | |
| star | Carakwi* | |
| stone | kaNkara* | |
| mountain | hwin* | |
| tree | mafu* | |
| night | l3vin* | |
| dog | hari* | |
| fish | h3lf3* | |
| louse | ntasi* | |
| one | tya* | |
| two | Cu* | |
| I | na* | |
| you | k3* | |
| we | ma* | |
| drink | sya* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- GidarAfro-Asiatic21% alike
- Vemgo-MabasAfro-Asiatic19% alike
- Zulgo-GemzekAfro-Asiatic19% alike
- HdiAfro-Asiatic18% alike
- MbukoAfro-Asiatic18% alike
- LamangAfro-Asiatic18% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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