Kir-Balar
Kir-Balar is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Kir-Balar (also known as Kir, Kirr) is a pair of closely related Afro-Asiatic languages spoken in Kir Bengbet and Kir Bajang’le, villages, Bauchi LGA, Bauchi State, Nigeria.
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Words in Kir-Balar
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mb3r3m* | |
| name | wusum* | |
| eye | yir* | |
| ear | k3m* | |
| nose | nyis3N* | |
| tooth | SaNal* | |
| tongue | nyatl* | |
| blood | pir3N* | |
| bone | gwaNal* | |
| skin | kwar* | |
| knee | furum* | |
| breast | non* | |
| liver | fwoktorok* | |
| water | yip | |
| fire | wut* | |
| sun | tal* | |
| star | Ngatl* | |
| stone | pyet* | |
| mountain | lamba* | |
| tree | nyaNsi* | |
| leaf | wand3r* | |
| night | fut* | |
| dog | nyan* | |
| fish | Tir3p* | |
| louse | kworkwota* | |
| one | naman* | |
| two | rap* | |
| I | am* | |
| you | gay* | |
| we | mun* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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