Myene
Myene is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Gabon.
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Myene is a cluster of closely related Bantu varieties spoken in Gabon by about 46,000 people. It is perhaps the most divergent of the Narrow Bantu languages, though Nurse & Philippson (2003) place it in with the Tsogo languages (B.30). The more distinctive varieties are Mpongwe (Pongoué), Galwa (Galloa), and Nkomi.
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Words in Myene
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ma* | |
| name | na* | |
| eye | nTu* | |
| ear | roi* | |
| nose | mpumbu* | |
| tooth | nu* | |
| tongue | neme* | |
| blood | Tina* | |
| bone | pa* | |
| skin | banda* | |
| knee | kogozo* | |
| breast | wene* | |
| liver | bubu* | |
| water | ningu* | |
| fire | guni* | |
| sun | mweyi* | |
| star | nkegeni* | |
| stone | do* | |
| mountain | numba* | |
| tree | riri* | |
| leaf | yavi* | |
| night | gwera* | |
| dog | mbwa* | |
| fish | Twe* | |
| louse | mbina* | |
| one | muri* | |
| two | bani* | |
| drink | jung* | |
| see | jen* | |
| hear | jogo* |
* 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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