Mbay
Mbay is a Central Sudanic language spoken in Nigeria, Chad, and Central African Republic.
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Mbay, or Sara Mbay, is a Bongo–Bagirmi language of Chad and the Central African Republic.
It is reported that Mbay does not have independent personal pronouns. The meaning is largely carried out by subject, object, and possessive affixes attached to verbs, prepositions, and nouns. Other words, such as yá̰a̰ "thing", dèē "person", tàa "speech", and lòo "place" are used somewhat pronominally as something, somebody, something said, and somewhere.
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Words in Mbay
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | to* | |
| eye | kum* | |
| ear | mbi* | |
| nose | konuN* | |
| tooth | NgaN* | |
| tongue | ndo* | |
| hand | daj3* | |
| blood | m3s* | |
| bone | nga* | |
| skin | ndar* | |
| knee | goju* | |
| breast | mba* | |
| water | màn̄ | |
| fire | hur* | |
| sun | kad3* | |
| star | me* | |
| stone | mbal* | |
| tree | kaga* | |
| leaf | mbia* | |
| night | ndo* | |
| dog | bisi* | |
| fish | kanji* | |
| louse | Ngisa* | |
| one | kdasa* | |
| two | jo* | |
| I | mi* | |
| you | i* | |
| drink | ai* | |
| see | o* | |
| hear | odo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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