Jola-Esulalu
Jola-Esulalu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kasa, or Jóola-Kaasa (also Bacuki, Casa, etc.) is a Jola language of the Casamance region of Senegal and neighboring Gambia.
Dialects are Ayun, Bliss (Niomoun), Esulalu (Oussouye), Fluvial, Huluf, Selek.
In Oussouye (Husuy) dialect, a person is referred to as a-luf.
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Words in Jola-Esulalu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | an* | |
| name | k3Taw* | |
| eye | TaTal* | |
| ear | ET3n* | |
| nose | eNendu* | |
| tooth | k3NaN* | |
| tongue | huleluf* | |
| hand | kaNEn* | |
| blood | husam* | |
| bone | EToT* | |
| skin | kafoNgol* | |
| knee | huTul* | |
| breast | hil* | |
| liver | hu5* | |
| water | mal* | |
| fire | sambun* | |
| sun | banak* | |
| star | Ewut* | |
| stone | eleNkan* | |
| tree | bununukEn* | |
| leaf | katoT* | |
| night | huk* | |
| dog | ETaNgi* | |
| fish | Ewol* | |
| louse | EtEm* | |
| one | yano7* | |
| two | saLub3* | |
| I | a5Te* | |
| you | aw* | |
| we | ola* |
* 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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