Malimba
Malimba is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Limba (Malimba, Mulimba) is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is very closely related to Duala. Speakers report some degree of mutual intelligibility with Tanga (Batanga), which they call "Old Malimba". Most speak Duala as the local lingua franca.
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Words in Malimba
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | to* | |
| name | na* | |
| eye | ho* | |
| ear | toi* | |
| nose | pemba* | |
| tooth | hoNga* | |
| tongue | yemE* | |
| hand | Tade* | |
| blood | ya* | |
| bone | he* | |
| skin | yobo* | |
| knee | boNgo* | |
| breast | bE* | |
| liver | bai* | |
| water | diba* | |
| fire | ea* | |
| sun | wei* | |
| star | 5E5Eti* | |
| stone | dalE* | |
| mountain | doNgo* | |
| tree | bwele* | |
| leaf | yadi* | |
| night | bulu* | |
| dog | mbo* | |
| fish | hue* | |
| louse | nina* | |
| one | ewo* | |
| two | beba* | |
| drink | 5o* | |
| see | yEnE* |
* 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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