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Montol

Montol is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Montol · 9.0°N 9.7°E

Montol is an Afroasiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its dialects are Baltap-Lalin and Montol. Roger Blench (2017) uses the name Tel or Tɛɛl for Montol, which is sometimes transcribed as Tehl.

From Wikipedia · Montol language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Montol

MeaningWordRomanization
nameil*
eyehasyit*
earkom*
nosekusuN*
toothwers*
handsai*
bloodSim*
bonedis*
skingobSim*
kneefim*
waterhàm
fireus*
sunpos*
starzai*
stonepaN*
treeSip*
nightpai*
dogas*
fishSiep*
Ipan*
wemuen*
drinkyuai*
hearkiel*
diemud*
comekop*
pathye*
newpug*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary

  • TalAfro-Asiatic43% alike
  • BelnengAfro-Asiatic40% alike
  • PanAfro-Asiatic39% alike
  • JakattoeAfro-Asiatic37% alike
  • NgasAfro-Asiatic36% alike
  • PyapunAfro-Asiatic36% alike

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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