Kim
Kim is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Chad. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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The Kim language of southern Chad is an Mbum language spoken by 15,000 people. It is one of the three members of the Kim languages group, together with Besme and Goundo.
The language was once mistakenly classified as Chadic, and called Masa, a Chadic name.
There is strong dialectical divergence; Blench considers Garap (Éré), Gerep (Djouman, Jumam), Kolop (Kilop, Kolobo), and Kosop (Kwasap, Kim) to be distinct languages.
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Words in Kim
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nduson* | |
| name | dil* | |
| eye | ndwara* | |
| ear | togor* | |
| nose | vor* | |
| tooth | kiyar* | |
| tongue | dEl* | |
| hand | tok* | |
| blood | soma* | |
| bone | kal* | |
| skin | bol* | |
| knee | korusu* | |
| breast | pala* | |
| water | mam* | |
| fire | ol* | |
| sun | gyala* | |
| star | gwar* | |
| stone | njal* | |
| tree | wara* | |
| leaf | gar* | |
| night | dal* | |
| dog | gu* | |
| fish | si* | |
| one | du* | |
| two | azi* | |
| I | mbi* | |
| you | mo* | |
| drink | njo* | |
| see | ndi* | |
| hear | za* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
Grammar
- BolgoAtlantic-Congo93% alike
- Western ChamAustronesian91% alike
- MansimHatam-Mansim91% alike
- AvokayaCentral Sudanic91% alike
- Nupe-Nupe-TakoAtlantic-Congo91% alike
- KabaCentral Sudanic90% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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