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Me'en

Me'en is a Surmic language spoken in Ethiopia. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Me'en · 6.6°N 35.6°E

Meʼen (also Mekan, Mieʼen, Mieken, Meqan, Men) is a Nilo-Saharan language (Eastern Sudanic, Surmic, Southeast Surmic) spoken in Ethiopia by the Meʼen people. In recent years, it has been written with the Geʽez alphabet, but in 2007 a decision was made to use the Latin alphabet. Dialects include Bodi (Podi) and Tishena (Teshina, Teshenna).

Meʼen and Kwegu are unique among Surmic languages in that they have ejective consonants.

Reliable descriptions of some parts of the language have been produced by Hans-Georg Will, often contradicting Carlo Conti Rossini's work, the editing of the extensive language notes of a non-linguist.

From Wikipedia · Meʼen language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Me'en

MeaningWordRomanization
personmEn*
nameroNi*
eyekabar*
earnab*
nosegiroN*
toothni7id*
tonguekat*
handsit*
bloodnaba*
bonegi7*
skingogu*
kneekom*
breastwEdit*
livertara*
waterma*
firego*
sunsuso*
startob*
stonebeto*
mountainele7*
treekEdo*
leafsal*
nightbarkeN7*
dogroso*
fishkajoC*
louseunCoC*
onekonaN*
tworamaN*
Iani*
youinu*

* 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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