Kako
Kako is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon, Congo - Brazzaville, and Central African Republic.
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Kako (also Mkako or Mkaka) is a Bantu language spoken mainly in Cameroon, with some speakers in the Central African Republic and the Republic of the Congo. The main population centres of Kako speakers are Batouri and Ndélélé in the East Region of Cameroon.
Once grouped with the Gbaya dialect cluster and often still referred to as part of an undefined "Gbaya-Kaka" group, Kako is now grouped in the Bantu language family.
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Words in Kako
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mo* | |
| name | dino* | |
| eye | misi* | |
| ear | to* | |
| nose | joi* | |
| tooth | su* | |
| tongue | jem* | |
| blood | Ngia* | |
| bone | yeso* | |
| skin | kondo* | |
| knee | boN* | |
| breast | bEri* | |
| liver | sEko* | |
| water | moroku* | |
| fire | ditE* | |
| sun | yeso* | |
| star | siso* | |
| stone | tari* | |
| mountain | keki* | |
| tree | ceti* | |
| leaf | mboru* | |
| night | tu* | |
| dog | mbie* | |
| fish | ncanco* | |
| louse | 5ino* | |
| one | wEtE* | |
| two | yiba* | |
| drink | hobiye* | |
| see | bENE* | |
| hear | woko* |
* 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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Elsewhere
Glottolog · kako1242 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kkj