Lelemi
Lelemi is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Ghana and Togo.
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Lelemi or Lefana (Lε-lεmi, Lε-fana) is spoken by the Buem people in the mountainous Volta Region of Ghana. It belongs to the geographic group of Ghana Togo Mountain languages (traditionally called the Togorestsprachen or Togo Remnant languages) of the Kwa branch of Niger–Congo.
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Words in Lelemi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | lanyi* | |
| eye | lanimi* | |
| ear | kotu* | |
| nose | eNu* | |
| tooth | lanyi* | |
| tongue | linyami* | |
| hand | konu* | |
| blood | uboZa* | |
| bone | likubi* | |
| skin | olona* | |
| knee | lakoNko* | |
| water | ntu* | |
| fire | oZa* | |
| sun | ofa* | |
| stone | latabi* | |
| tree | kuZi* | |
| night | usei* | |
| dog | oklama* | |
| fish | kaba* | |
| one | unwi* | |
| two | inyo* | |
| I | ami* | |
| you | awo* | |
| we | abu* | |
| drink | buni* | |
| see | bonu* | |
| hear | bunu* | |
| die | bukpi* | |
| come | bubo* | |
| path | ulu* |
* 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 · lele1264 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · lef