Nimbari

Nimbari was an Atlantic-Congo language once spoken in Cameroon.

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Nimbari · 9.7°N 13.8°E

The Nimbari language (also Niam-Niam), is an extinct Leko–Nimbari group of Savanna languages. It was spoken in northern Cameroon. Ethnologue (22nd ed.) lists Badjire, Gorimbari, and Padjara-Djabi villages as Nimbari locations in Bénoué and Mayo-Louti divisions.

Nimbari was labeled "G12" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal.

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Words in Nimbari

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	nayin*
eye	noni*
ear	togu*
nose	bomli*
tooth	bali*
tongue	lielgu*
hand	laegi*
blood	dem*
knee	logu*
breast	gagu*
water	bem*
fire	loro*
sun	delu*
stone	tali*
mountain	bobli*
tree	tae*
leaf	kese*
dog	goli*
one	nyeme*
two	bala*
path	wada*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

Nearby languages

Mambai South Fali North Fali Gidar Tsuvan Mazagway Sharwa Nzanyi Jimi (Cameroon)Mundang

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