Nding
Nding is a Narrow Talodi language spoken in Sudan. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Nding is an endangered Niger–Congo language in the Talodi family of Kordofan, Sudan. Nding is spoken in the area of the mountain (Jebel) Eliri, on the south of Talodi in South Kordofan, Sudan. Because of that, the language also goes by the name Eliri.
According to the UNESCO “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” from 2010, the language is critically endangered.
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Words in Nding
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | puruk* | |
| name | kalaNa* | |
| eye | Tik* | |
| ear | kanu* | |
| nose | kinTa* | |
| tooth | Ta5i* | |
| tongue | tuluNa* | |
| hand | TibiN* | |
| blood | Niruk* | |
| bone | Tumma* | |
| skin | kadu* | |
| knee | kuNgu* | |
| breast | TinTik* | |
| liver | tuNgi* | |
| water | 5i* | |
| fire | tik* | |
| sun | TiNgi* | |
| star | Todok* | |
| stone | tiNo* | |
| mountain | ko* | |
| tree | para* | |
| leaf | tada* | |
| night | noNgoda* | |
| dog | poak* | |
| fish | kaba* | |
| louse | tuda* | |
| one | tallaN* | |
| two | tatta* | |
| I | a5i* | |
| you | aNo* |
* 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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Glottolog · ndin1245 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · eli