Melo
Melo is a Ta-Ne-Omotic language spoken in Ethiopia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Melo (also known as Malo) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the Gamo Gofa Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region in Ethiopia.
From Wikipedia · Melo language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Melo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | achi* | |
| name | sunchu* | |
| eye | ape* | |
| ear | woye* | |
| nose | kuNkhe* | |
| tooth | aChe* | |
| tongue | inc3re* | |
| hand | khuChe* | |
| blood | suchu* | |
| bone | mEkEthe* | |
| skin | kole* | |
| knee | gulb3the* | |
| breast | donchi* | |
| liver | moye* | |
| water | hatse | |
| fire | budo* | |
| sun | owo* | |
| star | cholinthE* | |
| stone | m3lo* | |
| mountain | boChe* | |
| tree | minca* | |
| leaf | yeChe* | |
| dog | k3no* | |
| fish | mole* | |
| louse | CuChe* | |
| one | bizo* | |
| two | nom7u* | |
| I | tha* | |
| you | na* | |
| we | nu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Zayse-ZergullaTa-Ne-Omotic64% alike
- CharaTa-Ne-Omotic54% alike
- GamoTa-Ne-Omotic41% alike
- OydaTa-Ne-Omotic38% alike
- DorzeTa-Ne-Omotic32% alike
- Kachama-Ganjule-HaroTa-Ne-Omotic32% alike
Grammar
- EtruscanIsolates88% alike
- KooreteTa-Ne-Omotic87% alike
- NaraIsolates86% alike
- Peripheral MongolianMongolic-Khitan84% alike
- Kachama-Ganjule-HaroTa-Ne-Omotic83% alike
- Boro (Ethiopia)Ta-Ne-Omotic83% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · melo1242 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mfx