Kwegu
Kwegu is a Surmic language spoken in Ethiopia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Kwegu (also Bacha, Koegu, Kwegi, Menja, Nidi) is a Surmic language spoken in the Southwest of Ethiopia, on the west bank of the Omo River.
From Wikipedia · Kwegu language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kwegu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | hur* | |
| name | sarya* | |
| eye | kErbu* | |
| ear | nabo* | |
| nose | juruy* | |
| tooth | nigu* | |
| tongue | kat* | |
| hand | bua* | |
| blood | nabo* | |
| bone | giCu* | |
| skin | rua* | |
| knee | kwamE* | |
| breast | wuto* | |
| liver | n3ho* | |
| water | mua* | |
| fire | gu* | |
| sun | SuS* | |
| star | meno* | |
| stone | be* | |
| mountain | kurug* | |
| tree | saru* | |
| leaf | kakuto* | |
| night | nikiri* | |
| dog | boho* | |
| fish | artu* | |
| louse | into* | |
| one | kyiman* | |
| two | da* | |
| I | an* | |
| you | i5a* |
* 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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Elsewhere
Glottolog · kweg1241 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · xwg