Mbre
Mbre is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Côte d’Ivoire. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Pɛrɛ or Mbre is a moribund language of the Ivory Coast.
It is known as Pɛrɛ [also rendered Prɛ] by its speakers and as Bɛrɛ [also rendered Brɛ] by the locally dominant Koro people.
Pɛrɛ was first described in an unpublished manuscript by Denis Creissels. A grammar, dictionary and texts have been published by Jeffrey Heath and Brahima Tioté.
From Wikipedia · Pɛrɛ language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Mbre
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | 5oNo* | |
| name | pyela* | |
| eye | Tisi* | |
| ear | nE* | |
| nose | mE* | |
| tooth | 5oxomu* | |
| tongue | TeNe* | |
| hand | bo* | |
| blood | 5amu* | |
| bone | ko* | |
| skin | gbaw* | |
| knee | gbonuxu* | |
| breast | Tomu* | |
| liver | tE* | |
| water | tumu | |
| fire | na* | |
| sun | sEni* | |
| stone | ba* | |
| mountain | koNoli* | |
| tree | gbexa* | |
| leaf | fanixi* | |
| night | be* | |
| dog | kesi* | |
| fish | sEmu* | |
| louse | simE* | |
| one | pido* | |
| two | yoNo* | |
| see | 5a* | |
| hear | 5ido* | |
| die | fu* |
* 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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