Nanga
Nanga is a Dogon language spoken in Mali. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Naŋa dama, also known as Naŋa tegu, is a Dogon language spoken in Mali that is only known from one report from 1953. Roger Blench reports that its nearest relative is the recently described Walo–Kumbe Dogon, "with which it shares both lexicon and the feature that many nouns have a final -m." Hochstetler thinks they may be the same language. It may be close to Yanda Dogon (Blench) or Jamsai tegu (Hochstetler).
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Words in Nanga
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nu* | |
| name | nerni* | |
| eye | gire* | |
| ear | suNurni* | |
| nose | kirne* | |
| tooth | ne* | |
| tongue | nEndE* | |
| hand | na* | |
| blood | gondugo* | |
| bone | kirna* | |
| skin | gusi* | |
| knee | kunjokunjo* | |
| breast | uri* | |
| liver | kEndE* | |
| water | ni* | |
| fire | go* | |
| sun | usi* | |
| star | wakoro* | |
| stone | kurno* | |
| mountain | toro* | |
| tree | tuma* | |
| leaf | uwa* | |
| night | dEndE* | |
| dog | nErni* | |
| fish | isi* | |
| louse | koroNko* | |
| one | tuma* | |
| two | woy* | |
| I | i* | |
| you | u* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Ben Tey DogonDogon58% alike
- Bankan Tey DogonDogon45% alike
- Tebul Ure DogonDogon33% alike
- Tommo So DogonDogon29% alike
- Yanda Dom DogonDogon28% alike
- Jamsay DogonDogon26% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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