Mmen
Mmen is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Mmen (autonym: Bafmeng) is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.
As a Centre Ring language of Narrow Grassfields, a subdivision of Wide Grassfields within the Southern Bantoid languages, Mmen is part of a cluster including six other languages i.e. Babanki, Bum, Kom, Kuk, Kung and Oku.
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Words in Mmen
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | wuo* | |
| name | z3* | |
| eye | si* | |
| ear | tuNne* | |
| nose | Z3* | |
| tooth | soN* | |
| tongue | andom* | |
| hand | koiN* | |
| blood | dom* | |
| bone | x3f* | |
| skin | pfu* | |
| knee | nc3s* | |
| breast | xiN* | |
| liver | tom* | |
| water | mo* | |
| fire | wus* | |
| sun | Z3* | |
| star | liN* | |
| stone | Ti* | |
| mountain | pfiN* | |
| tree | ka7* | |
| leaf | fo* | |
| night | tu7u* | |
| dog | po* | |
| fish | s3* | |
| one | mo7* | |
| two | pE* | |
| drink | m* | |
| see | fe* | |
| hear | z3* |
* 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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