Lamnso'
Lamnso' is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon.
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Nso (Lamnso, Lamnsɔ’) is the Grassfields language of the Nso people of western Cameroon. A few may remain in Nigeria. It has ten major noun classes. The ISO 639-3 code is lns. Nso is spoken by over 100,000 people.
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Written down
Á dzə̀ə́ wir dzə̀m réŋréŋ fó ghvəm wùn à fó ghày, á yo’ dzə̀ə́ wir msòŋ ji kwàn. Wìr dzə̀m k̀m k fómo woo fó kwà’tì wùn à fó vifii, a wù kér fó a yiì e wùmò’ woo wír moo fə́r və.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Lamnso'
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | yir* | |
| eye | si* | |
| ear | tu7ur* | |
| nose | yuy* | |
| tooth | soN* | |
| tongue | lima* | |
| hand | wo* | |
| blood | ns3* | |
| bone | x3r* | |
| skin | juv* | |
| knee | tukanc3* | |
| water | mindzév | |
| fire | v3y* | |
| sun | Suy* | |
| stone | tiy* | |
| tree | Ci* | |
| night | c3* | |
| dog | jwi* | |
| fish | s3* | |
| one | mo7on* | |
| two | ba* | |
| I | mo* | |
| you | wo* | |
| we | var* | |
| drink | no* | |
| see | yan* | |
| hear | yu* | |
| die | kpu* | |
| come | wiy* | |
| path | c3* |
* 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
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