Lere
Lere was an Atlantic-Congo language once spoken in Nigeria.
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Lere is an extinct Kainji dialect cluster of Nigeria. The ethnic population was cited as 16,000 in 2000, of whom only a few speak the language. A wordlist from the Takaya dialect can be found under External links.
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Words in Lere
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | yawo* | |
| eye | iji* | |
| ear | ututu* | |
| nose | mituli* | |
| tooth | mitu* | |
| tongue | l37u* | |
| blood | la7u* | |
| bone | liba7u* | |
| skin | tibuna* | |
| knee | so7u* | |
| breast | meni* | |
| water | ma5i* | |
| fire | ula* | |
| sun | uSili* | |
| star | miali* | |
| stone | ucali* | |
| mountain | ucali* | |
| tree | tuntula* | |
| leaf | ubaba* | |
| night | ayi* | |
| dog | owai* | |
| louse | imikwai* | |
| one | unazi* | |
| two | lu7o* | |
| I | min* | |
| drink | pa* | |
| see | gunti* | |
| hear | kundi* | |
| die | bi* | |
| come | yawo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- ShauAtlantic-Congo29% alike
- Gamo-NingiAtlantic-Congo24% alike
- IzoraAtlantic-Congo21% alike
- JanjiAtlantic-Congo18% alike
- Sanga (Nigeria)Atlantic-Congo18% alike
- IgutaAtlantic-Congo16% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · lere1241 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · gnh