Kwakum
Kwakum is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon.
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Kwakum (ISO [kwu]) is classified as belonging to the Bantu subgroup A90 (Kaka) of the Zone “A” Bantu languages, and specifically labelled A91 by Guthrie. According to one of the newest updates to the Bantu classification system, other languages belonging to this subgroup are: Pol (A92a), Pɔmɔ (A92b), Kweso (A92C) and Kakɔ (A93). The Kwakum people refer to themselves (and their language) as either Kwakum or Bakoum (sometimes spelled Bakum). However, they say that the "Bakoum" pronunciation only began after the arrival of Europeans in Cameroon, though it is frequently used today. Kwakum is mainly spoken in the East region of Cameroon, southwest of the city Bertoua.
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Words in Kwakum
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mo* | |
| name | dino* | |
| eye | diSi* | |
| ear | to* | |
| nose | Tol* | |
| tooth | So* | |
| tongue | dem* | |
| hand | mbo* | |
| blood | pyawo* | |
| bone | feSo* | |
| skin | kondo* | |
| knee | boN* | |
| breast | beti* | |
| liver | bal* | |
| water | tiki* | |
| fire | beta* | |
| sun | SonTo* | |
| star | SoSon* | |
| mountain | kombo* | |
| tree | fyeti* | |
| leaf | pol* | |
| night | vitlo* | |
| dog | pi* | |
| fish | kE* | |
| louse | pon* | |
| one | motu* | |
| two | ba* | |
| I | 5i* | |
| you | o* | |
| we | SE* |
* 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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