Mbule
Mbule is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Mbule, also called Dumbule or Mbola, is an endangered Southern Bantoid language spoken by a few people in central Cameroon.
The language is spoken in Mbola village in the South Bokito commune, Mbam-et-Inoubou department of the Centre Region, Cameroon.
As reported in 2009, there were just 110 speakers of the language, none of whom were monolingual.
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Words in Mbule
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ut* | |
| name | o5* | |
| eye | is* | |
| ear | thu* | |
| nose | phu* | |
| tooth | i5* | |
| tongue | nemph* | |
| hand | kar* | |
| blood | naN* | |
| bone | soha* | |
| skin | kor* | |
| knee | ba* | |
| breast | 5ukh* | |
| liver | sEkh* | |
| water | imph* | |
| fire | ikh* | |
| sun | go5* | |
| star | oj3nE* | |
| stone | ko* | |
| mountain | kora* | |
| tree | bu* | |
| leaf | kas* | |
| night | phEr* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | su* | |
| louse | ser* | |
| one | mwi* | |
| two | band* | |
| I | mi* | |
| you | wE* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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