Naro
Naro is a Khoe-Kwadi language spoken in Namibia and Botswana. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Naro , also Nharo, is a Khoe language spoken in Ghanzi District of Botswana and in eastern Namibia. It is one of the most-spoken of the Tshu–Khwe languages. Naro is a trade language among speakers of different Khoe languages in Ghanzi District. There exists a dictionary.
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Words in Naro
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kwe* | |
| name | !kwisa* | |
| eye | !xe* | |
| ear | !kesa* | |
| nose | !kwisa* | |
| tooth | !koo* | |
| tongue | dama* | |
| hand | Cou* | |
| blood | !ausa* | |
| bone | !oa* | |
| skin | ko* | |
| knee | !kuru* | |
| breast | bisa* | |
| liver | !keisa* | |
| water | tshàa | |
| fire | !eSa* | |
| sun | !komSa* | |
| star | !gonu* | |
| stone | !noaba* | |
| mountain | !nauSa* | |
| tree | hiba* | |
| leaf | !ganaba* | |
| night | !gwaba* | |
| dog | auko* | |
| louse | !nani* | |
| one | !kwi* | |
| two | !kom* | |
| I | ti* | |
| you | saCa* | |
| we | Si!kei* |
* 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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Elsewhere
Glottolog · naro1249 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · nhr