Lopa
Lopa is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria.
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Lopa or Rop (Ollop) is a minor Kainji language of Nigeria.
Lopa people neighbouring the Busa language have shifted to that language.
The name Rerang (Oleran) subsumes both Lopa and the closely related Cuba language (Urcibar) that it surrounds.
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Words in Lopa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | humwa* | |
| name | hin3* | |
| eye | ombi* | |
| ear | to* | |
| nose | horo* | |
| tooth | yef3* | |
| tongue | rimiya* | |
| hand | tahapar3* | |
| blood | NoroN* | |
| bone | iNg3* | |
| skin | yagu* | |
| knee | kunarugu* | |
| breast | hiNga* | |
| liver | ya* | |
| water | mmi | |
| fire | la* | |
| sun | gwi* | |
| star | geNgiSi* | |
| stone | tar3* | |
| mountain | yam* | |
| tree | S3* | |
| leaf | fwa* | |
| night | ira* | |
| dog | vavi* | |
| fish | kiSi* | |
| louse | koropata* | |
| one | kin3* | |
| two | s373* | |
| drink | gun* | |
| see | mato* |
* 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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