Nara

Nara is a language isolate spoken in Eritrea, by about 80 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.

Nara · 15.3°N 37.5°E

An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.

The Nara (Nera) or Barea (Barya) language is spoken by the Nara people in an area just to the north of Barentu in the Gash-Barka Region of western Eritrea. The language is often confused with Kunama, which is at best only distantly related.

The endangerment status of Nara is unclear. According to Glottolog it is not endangered, but according to Tsige Hailemichael, the "...Nara language is in danger of quickly disappearing."

Nara has been classified as Northern Eastern Sudanic by Rilly (2009:2), but Glottolog considers the evidence unpersuasive and classifies Nara as an isolate.

From Wikipedia · Nara language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Nara

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	ku*
name	ada*
eye	no*
ear	tus*
nose	dEmo*
tooth	nihi*
tongue	hage*
hand	at*
blood	kito*
bone	kEti*
skin	hadi*
knee	gumbe*
breast	kina*
liver	tile*
water	mba*
fire	Sita*
sun	kos*
star	wini*
stone	tana*
mountain	kofa*
tree	kEl*
leaf	tifini*
night	kiS3ne*
dog	wEs*
fish	asa*
louse	Siti*
one	doku*
two	Eriga*
I	ag*
you	iNa*