Mokpwe
Mokpwe is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon, by about 32 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kpwe (Mokpwe) is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is mutually intelligible with Kole, and probably with Mboko (Wumboko) as well.
There are multiple variants of the name: based on 'Kpwe' (Bakpwe, Mokpwe), on 'Kpe' (Mokpe), on 'Kweɾi' (Kwedi, Kweli, Kwili, Kwiri, Bakwedi, Bakwele, Bakweri, Vakweli, Bekwiri), as well as Ujuwa and Vambeng.
From Wikipedia · Kpwe language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Mokpwe
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | to* | |
| name | na* | |
| eye | iro* | |
| ear | to* | |
| nose | wembe* | |
| tooth | roNga* | |
| tongue | mE* | |
| hand | a* | |
| blood | ja* | |
| bone | ere* | |
| skin | owo* | |
| knee | oNgoNgo* | |
| breast | wE* | |
| liver | wai* | |
| water | liwa* | |
| fire | u5a* | |
| sun | igbe* | |
| star | rombe* | |
| stone | yai* | |
| mountain | ko* | |
| tree | e* | |
| leaf | ali* | |
| night | wu* | |
| dog | gba* | |
| fish | 5ama* | |
| louse | i5a* | |
| one | yoko* | |
| two | wewa* | |
| I | imba* | |
| you | owa* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Isu (Fako Division)Atlantic-Congo44% alike
- BakoleAtlantic-Congo39% alike
- DualaAtlantic-Congo35% alike
- MalimbaAtlantic-Congo34% alike
- Loi-LikilaAtlantic-Congo25% alike
- YasaAtlantic-Congo23% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · mokp1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bri