Mwaghavul
Mwaghavul is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria.
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Mwaghavul (also known as Sura) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State in central Nigeria and predominantly in Mangu LGA.
Mwaghavul's dialects include Takas. The Mupun people is a related ethnic group.
Mwaghavul has one of the most elaborate systems of logophoricity known in any language.
From Wikipedia · Mwaghavul language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Mwaghavul
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | gwar* | |
| name | s3m* | |
| eye | yit* | |
| ear | kom* | |
| nose | p3z3n* | |
| tooth | os* | |
| tongue | l3s* | |
| hand | sar* | |
| blood | tom* | |
| bone | dies* | |
| skin | sim* | |
| knee | furum* | |
| breast | wur* | |
| liver | nki* | |
| water | àm | |
| fire | wus* | |
| sun | pus* | |
| star | zar* | |
| stone | lar* | |
| mountain | zul* | |
| tree | t3N* | |
| leaf | komt3N* | |
| night | par* | |
| dog | as* | |
| fish | pupwap* | |
| one | m3ndoN* | |
| two | v3l* | |
| you | wi* | |
| drink | siwa* | |
| see | na* |
* 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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