Njerep
Njerep is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Njerep (Njerup) is a Mambiloid language spoken in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon. Njerep is almost completely extinct, with only 4 people who speak it (as of 2000). Though word lists and grammatical information have been collected from these people, the information remains fragmented.
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Words in Njerep
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | noro* | |
| name | yila* | |
| eye | NgiE* | |
| ear | tia* | |
| nose | 5unu* | |
| tooth | 5iEn* | |
| tongue | liba* | |
| hand | mbaga* | |
| blood | hwomi* | |
| bone | kua* | |
| skin | panda* | |
| knee | nole* | |
| breast | mbani* | |
| liver | timi* | |
| water | nimE* | |
| fire | wa* | |
| sun | lu* | |
| star | mbEni* | |
| stone | tari* | |
| tree | tu* | |
| night | Cimbi* | |
| dog | bundu* | |
| one | CEn* | |
| two | vwan* | |
| I | m3* | |
| you | wu* | |
| we | bEn* | |
| drink | mwa* | |
| see | Nw3na* | |
| die | kuva* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Donga MambilaAtlantic-Congo44% alike
- Western MambilaAtlantic-Congo33% alike
- KadungAtlantic-Congo21% alike
- Central WamboAtlantic-Congo21% alike
- NizaaAtlantic-Congo20% alike
- VuteAtlantic-Congo19% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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