Maaka
Maaka is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Maaka (also known as Maha, Maka, Maga, Magha) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the Yobe State in North-Eastern Nigeria. As of 1993, it was spoken by approximately 10,000 people.
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Words in Maaka
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mo* | |
| name | sum* | |
| eye | 7ida* | |
| ear | luma* | |
| nose | 7otiN* | |
| tooth | 7udo* | |
| tongue | dilis* | |
| hand | sara* | |
| blood | dom* | |
| bone | 7osok* | |
| skin | dimbi* | |
| knee | burum* | |
| breast | wodi* | |
| liver | rupSi* | |
| water | ʔámmà | |
| fire | 7osi* | |
| sun | poti* | |
| star | tend3reSi* | |
| stone | guTi* | |
| mountain | 7oho* | |
| tree | 5Tiwi* | |
| leaf | tar3m* | |
| night | bodi* | |
| dog | 7ada* | |
| fish | kerwo* | |
| louse | Tankar* | |
| one | modi* | |
| two | bolu* | |
| I | ina* | |
| you | ke* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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