Mbelime
Mbelime is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Benin and Togo, by about 24.5 thousand people.
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Mbelime, or Niende, is an Eastern Oti-Volta Gur language of northwestern Benin. Mbelime is spoken by approximately 131,000 people.
There is a Mbelime dictionary.
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Words in Mbelime
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | unito* | |
| name | dihetide* | |
| eye | fEnomfE* | |
| ear | ditode* | |
| nose | dimiEde* | |
| tooth | dininde* | |
| tongue | didEnde* | |
| hand | kEduakE* | |
| blood | mhidimE* | |
| skin | ukonhu* | |
| breast | dibuode* | |
| liver | tisute* | |
| water | mnimE* | |
| fire | udaku* | |
| sun | uwienu* | |
| star | dihatibide* | |
| mountain | ditadde* | |
| tree | utiebu* | |
| leaf | uhahu* | |
| night | asihE* | |
| dog | kEbuokE* | |
| fish | kEpakE* | |
| one | ba* | |
| two | yede* | |
| I | n* | |
| you | a* | |
| we | ti* | |
| drink | ya* | |
| see | ya* | |
| die | hi* |
* 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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