Manta
Manta is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Manta (Anta, Banta) is a Grassfields language of Cameroon.
Áncá of Nigeria may be the same language, but it is unattested.
From Wikipedia · Manta language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Manta
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | li* | |
| name | kum* | |
| eye | xo* | |
| ear | to* | |
| nose | Z3* | |
| tooth | SwoN* | |
| tongue | name* | |
| hand | bwe* | |
| blood | kin* | |
| bone | xwu* | |
| skin | gub* | |
| knee | 5wuy* | |
| breast | bEn* | |
| liver | biye* | |
| water | mɥáà | |
| fire | xwi* | |
| sun | tam3z3* | |
| star | ontom* | |
| stone | tie* | |
| mountain | kwon* | |
| tree | zoli* | |
| leaf | fu* | |
| dog | bu* | |
| fish | S3* | |
| louse | ti* | |
| one | mwo7* | |
| two | fyE* | |
| drink | Nwo* | |
| see | ze* | |
| hear | zele* |
* 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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Glottolog · mant1267 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · myg