Mono (Cameroon)
Mono (Cameroon) is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Mono is a moribund Mbum language spoken by older adults in northern Cameroon.
Dama, a closely related variety that may have been a dialect of Mono, is already extinct. It was located in the arrondissement of Rey Bouba (Mayo-Rey department, North Region).
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Words in Mono (Cameroon)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | pakpi* | |
| name | riN* | |
| eye | non* | |
| ear | suk* | |
| nose | kpa* | |
| tooth | syaN* | |
| tongue | riN* | |
| blood | Cim* | |
| bone | huk* | |
| skin | gbor* | |
| knee | turrwak* | |
| breast | Nwan* | |
| liver | nji* | |
| water | bi* | |
| fire | gu* | |
| sun | tam* | |
| star | Nwa* | |
| stone | 7asal* | |
| mountain | ke* | |
| tree | kpak* | |
| leaf | ga* | |
| night | sum* | |
| dog | ga* | |
| fish | CE* | |
| one | bo* | |
| two | ga7a* | |
| I | mi* | |
| you | mo* | |
| drink | ju7a* | |
| see | hi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Pam (Cameroon)Atlantic-Congo52% alike
- NdaiAtlantic-Congo36% alike
- KarangAtlantic-Congo31% alike
- Dama (Cameroon)Atlantic-Congo30% alike
- KuoAtlantic-Congo30% alike
- Kare (Central African Republic)Atlantic-Congo28% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · mono1269 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mru