Menchum
Menchum is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Menchum, or Befang, is a Grassfields language of Cameroon.
Befang is the local town and also the name of the Menchum dialect spoken there.
From Wikipedia · Menchum language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Menchum
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | bvo* | |
| name | Zili* | |
| eye | s3* | |
| ear | tuo* | |
| nose | su* | |
| tooth | soN* | |
| tongue | n3* | |
| hand | bviN* | |
| blood | Nk3n* | |
| bone | kup* | |
| skin | kuo* | |
| knee | Nu* | |
| breast | von* | |
| liver | buon* | |
| water | muo* | |
| fire | gusu* | |
| sun | cu* | |
| star | ncEn* | |
| stone | ti* | |
| mountain | Nguo* | |
| tree | t33* | |
| leaf | CEN* | |
| night | fup* | |
| dog | kuo* | |
| fish | bui* | |
| one | mo* | |
| two | fi* | |
| drink | Nu* | |
| see | nd3N* | |
| hear | zu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- AghemAtlantic-Congo25% alike
- Isu (Menchum Division)Atlantic-Congo23% alike
- KomAtlantic-Congo22% alike
- MundaniAtlantic-Congo21% alike
- OkuAtlantic-Congo20% alike
- Bambili-BambuiAtlantic-Congo19% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · befa1241 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bby