Kanyaki-Kagbaaga-Kajoko Bidyogo
Kanyaki-Kagbaaga-Kajoko Bidyogo is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Guinea-Bissau.
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Bijago or Bidyogo is the language of the Bissagos Archipelago of Guinea-Bissau. Bidyogo is the "dominant mother tongue of the archipelago population", though it is not used in schooling there, a role that has been taken over by Kiriol since the 1990s. There are some difficulties of grammar and intelligibility between dialects, with the Kamona dialect being unintelligible to the others.
Dialects are as follows:
Anhaki on Canhabaque (Roxa) Island
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Words in Kanyaki-Kagbaaga-Kajoko Bidyogo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | joko* | |
| name | kinno* | |
| eye | nE* | |
| ear | nno* | |
| nose | mo* | |
| tooth | 5i* | |
| tongue | numE* | |
| hand | ko* | |
| blood | nE5En* | |
| bone | akpenu* | |
| skin | poto* | |
| knee | nu* | |
| breast | toko* | |
| liver | godok* | |
| water | 55o* | |
| fire | tuko* | |
| sun | a5i* | |
| star | tE* | |
| stone | ogo* | |
| tree | ute* | |
| leaf | aw* | |
| night | kuna* | |
| dog | eboti* | |
| fish | kato* | |
| one | nod* | |
| two | som* | |
| I | E5o* | |
| you | amo* | |
| we | atE* | |
| drink | ni* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- KlaoKru12% alike
- TivAtlantic-Congo12% alike
- GundiAtlantic-Congo12% alike
- Nugunu (Cameroon)Atlantic-Congo12% alike
- Northern TepehuanUto-Aztecan12% alike
- BubeAtlantic-Congo12% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · bidy1244 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bjg