Mpiemo
Mpiemo is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon, Congo - Brazzaville, and Central African Republic.
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Mpiemo (Bimu) is a Bantu language of the Central African Republic. The Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM, or "Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon") gives the name Mpo.
There is little description of the language, but one team used Mpiemo data to test the ability of computer programs to analyze real language data.
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Words in Mpiemo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | mya | |
| person | di* | |
| name | no* | |
| eye | i* | |
| ear | lo* | |
| nose | do* | |
| tooth | ajE* | |
| tongue | jemi* | |
| blood | Tia* | |
| bone | wio* | |
| skin | kondo* | |
| knee | bo5* | |
| breast | bEli* | |
| liver | gi* | |
| water | dibo* | |
| fire | u* | |
| sun | 8o* | |
| star | ToToni* | |
| stone | kogi* | |
| mountain | Tegi* | |
| tree | le* | |
| leaf | ka* | |
| night | lo* | |
| dog | mpi* | |
| fish | ba* | |
| louse | boli* | |
| one | wodo* | |
| two | ba* | |
| drink | ade* | |
| see | bE* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · mpie1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mcx