Colognian
Colognian is an Indo-European language spoken in Germany. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Colognian or Kölsch (pronounced [kœ̂lɧ], narrower ; full name Kölsch Platt) is a small set of very closely related dialects, or variants, of the Ripuarian group of dialects of the Central German group. These dialects are spoken in the area covered by the Archdiocese and former Electorate of Cologne reaching from Neuss in the north to just south of Bonn, west to Düren and east to Olpe in northwest Germany.
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Words in Colognian
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mEnS* | |
| name | nam3* | |
| eye | ox* | |
| ear | uX* | |
| nose | nas* | |
| tooth | caNk* | |
| tongue | coN* | |
| hand | hant* | |
| blood | blut* | |
| knee | knen* | |
| breast | buXS* | |
| liver | lab* | |
| water | wazs3r* | |
| fire | fir* | |
| sun | zon* | |
| star | SteXn* | |
| stone | Sten* | |
| mountain | bEr3X* | |
| tree | bom* | |
| leaf | blad3X* | |
| night | nat* | |
| dog | hoNk* | |
| fish | fEZS* | |
| louse | lus* | |
| one | en* | |
| two | cwei* | |
| I | iX* | |
| you | du* | |
| we | mir* | |
| drink | dreNk3* |
* 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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Glottolog · kols1241 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · ksh