Lijili
Lijili is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria.
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Jili (Lijili) is a Plateau language of Nigeria. It is one of several languages which go by the ambiguous name Koro.
Due to 19th-century slave raids, Jili speakers are scattered across different areas of central Nigeria.
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Words in Lijili
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | n5E* | |
| name | aza* | |
| eye | kisi* | |
| ear | kuto* | |
| nose | kunwo* | |
| tooth | kinyi* | |
| tongue | minE* | |
| hand | kuva* | |
| blood | nzE* | |
| bone | kuku* | |
| skin | kita* | |
| knee | kulu* | |
| breast | mbE* | |
| liver | kiyE* | |
| water | ńkwálɛ̀ | |
| fire | atra* | |
| sun | nwala* | |
| star | kuzugbe* | |
| stone | kupElE* | |
| mountain | rugo* | |
| tree | aTi* | |
| leaf | kuwa* | |
| night | aji* | |
| dog | uva* | |
| fish | kuswe* | |
| louse | Sama* | |
| one | lo* | |
| two | bE* | |
| I | imE* | |
| you | iwo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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