Mesqan
Mesqan is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia, by about 195 thousand people.
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Mesqan (also Mäsqan or Meskan) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Gurage people in the Gurage Zone of Ethiopia. It belongs to the family's Ethiopian Semitic branch.
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Words in Mesqan
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | sEb* | |
| name | S3m* | |
| eye | en* | |
| ear | 3nzin* | |
| nose | EnfonE* | |
| tongue | ElEmEt* | |
| hand | 3jE* | |
| blood | dEm* | |
| bone | Et3m* | |
| skin | gogE* | |
| liver | hEb3d* | |
| water | 3gE* | |
| fire | 3sEt* | |
| sun | Tet* | |
| star | kelbEz3* | |
| stone | 3m3n* | |
| mountain | EnE5E* | |
| tree | zEf* | |
| leaf | k3tEl* | |
| night | m3sEr3* | |
| dog | g3i3* | |
| fish | EsE* | |
| louse | k3mEl* | |
| one | Et* | |
| two | het* | |
| I | 3yE* | |
| we | inE* | |
| drink | sETE* | |
| come | TE53* | |
| new | gEdEr* |
* 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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