Jukun Takum
Jukun Takum is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon.
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Jukun (Njikun) or more precisely Jukun Takum, is a Jukunoid language of Cameroon used as a trade language in Nigeria. Though there are only a few thousand native speakers and only a dozen in Nigeria (as of 2000), it is spoken as a second language in Nigeria by tens of thousands (40,000 reported in 1979).
The name Jukun is a cover term for several related Jukunoid languages such as the much more numerous Jukun Wapan.
Wase Tofa is listed by Blench (2019) as a dialect.
From Wikipedia · Jukun Takum language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Jukun Takum
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | pere* | |
| name | dyina* | |
| eye | zo* | |
| nose | wi* | |
| hand | vo* | |
| blood | sa* | |
| bone | keba* | |
| skin | goho* | |
| knee | kunube* | |
| liver | kum* | |
| water | zape* | |
| fire | piru* | |
| sun | yunu* | |
| star | zosyi* | |
| stone | bana* | |
| mountain | kuna* | |
| tree | yina* | |
| leaf | dyiaba* | |
| night | fise* | |
| dog | be* | |
| fish | dye* | |
| one | zu* | |
| two | pina* | |
| you | u* | |
| we | i* | |
| drink | wa* | |
| see | me* | |
| hear | fo* | |
| die | wu* | |
| come | bi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
Grammar
- KutepAtlantic-Congo89% alike
- KimAtlantic-Congo89% alike
- Nupe-Nupe-TakoAtlantic-Congo89% alike
- Kare (Central African Republic)Atlantic-Congo89% alike
- MonAustroasiatic88% alike
- Western ChamAustronesian88% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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