Lumun
Lumun is a Narrow Talodi language spoken in Sudan. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Lumun (Lomon), also Kuku-Lumun, is a Niger–Congo language in the Talodi family spoken in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan.
Lumun is spoken in the villages Canya’ru, Toromathan, and To’ri.
From Wikipedia · Lumun language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Lumun
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ul* | |
| name | 3ran* | |
| eye | Tit* | |
| ear | unu* | |
| nose | i5TE* | |
| tooth | i5it* | |
| tongue | urE* | |
| hand | ukun* | |
| blood | NuTuk* | |
| bone | umian* | |
| skin | kutu* | |
| knee | uNku* | |
| breast | imik* | |
| liver | uNkwe* | |
| water | ngi'ri | |
| fire | ik* | |
| sun | TiNki* | |
| star | 3tot* | |
| stone | 3tok* | |
| mountain | oroN* | |
| tree | ira* | |
| leaf | ata* | |
| night | Nkora* | |
| dog | tuk* | |
| fish | apE* | |
| louse | ai* | |
| one | uluku* | |
| two | Era* | |
| I | oun* | |
| you | ouN* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
Grammar
- BelueliAtlantic-Congo86% alike
- Nugunu (Cameroon)Atlantic-Congo81% alike
- ElipAtlantic-Congo80% alike
- LobalaAtlantic-Congo80% alike
- Komo (Democratic Republic of Congo)Atlantic-Congo80% alike
- KweguSurmic80% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · lumu1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · lmd