Ju
Ju is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Ju is a language from the West Chadian branch of the Chadic language family. The language is spoken solely in Bauchi State, Nigeria, and had approximately 900 native speakers in 1993. The language is unwritten.
From Wikipedia · Ju language (Chadic) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Ju
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mbar* | |
| name | sum* | |
| eye | k3ir* | |
| ear | k3m* | |
| nose | 3s3n* | |
| tooth | Sin* | |
| tongue | ndalaN* | |
| hand | a* | |
| blood | bra* | |
| bone | xul* | |
| skin | kur* | |
| knee | gafruN* | |
| breast | 5i* | |
| liver | mbasi* | |
| water | mal* | |
| fire | wudi* | |
| sun | pidi* | |
| star | Ngatl* | |
| stone | tar* | |
| mountain | rosi* | |
| tree | 5osi* | |
| leaf | fwadi* | |
| night | kafuru* | |
| dog | yar* | |
| fish | kwasi* | |
| louse | kwargodak* | |
| one | n3m* | |
| two | kwap* | |
| I | mi* | |
| you | ki* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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