Mina (Cameroon)
Mina (Cameroon) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon.
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The Mina language, also known by the names Hina and Besleri, is a Chadic language spoken in Northern Cameroon by around 11,000 people. Speakers of Mina are generally bilingual, with Fulfulde (Fula) being the second language. Fulfulde is often joined by French as a third language in educated speakers.
Besleri is spoken in most of Hina commune (Mayo-Tsanaga Department, Far North Region), with Gamdugun and Jinjin in the southwest and southeast of the area, respectively.
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Words in Mina (Cameroon)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | wàl | |
| person | hidi* | |
| name | L3m* | |
| eye | nje* | |
| nose | ncur* | |
| hand | ra* | |
| blood | b3mb3z* | |
| bone | kiriNgiL* | |
| knee | m3Cekwer* | |
| liver | m3namnam* | |
| water | yə̀m | |
| fire | ku* | |
| sun | piC* | |
| stone | nv3N* | |
| mountain | w3z3m* | |
| tree | pay* | |
| night | nzad* | |
| dog | haza* | |
| fish | kilif* | |
| one | nta* | |
| two | sulud* | |
| I | s3* | |
| you | ha* | |
| we | nok* | |
| drink | sa* | |
| see | lim* | |
| hear | Lim* | |
| die | m3c* | |
| come | nda* | |
| path | k3t3f* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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