Noone
Noone is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon.
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The Noni language, also called Noone, is an Eastern Beboid language of the Niger–Congo family in Cameroon. The Noone, Ncane, and Mungong varieties are sometimes considered three distinct Noni languages. Ethnologue reports that Ncare is 88% lexically similar to Noone, and 84% with Saari (Nsari).
Noni is the native language to 40,000 people in the country, particularly in the North West Province, the Bui Division and the northwest Kumbo Subdivision. Noone proper was used as the secret language in Indiana Jones.
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Words in Noone
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | we* | |
| name | die* | |
| eye | Tise* | |
| ear | to* | |
| nose | ndie* | |
| tooth | ge* | |
| tongue | leme* | |
| hand | bo* | |
| blood | lEme* | |
| bone | kufE* | |
| skin | TEw* | |
| knee | nu* | |
| breast | bEn* | |
| liver | Sem* | |
| water | jòò | |
| fire | Ngoy* | |
| sun | diw* | |
| star | Ton* | |
| stone | tE* | |
| mountain | kom* | |
| tree | te* | |
| leaf | fon* | |
| night | taN* | |
| dog | bwe* | |
| fish | bie* | |
| louse | sEse* | |
| one | maN* | |
| two | fE* | |
| drink | wo* | |
| see | yEn* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
Grammar
- TswaAtlantic-Congo87% alike
- Congo SwahiliAtlantic-Congo87% alike
- LandomaAtlantic-Congo87% alike
- OsamayiAtlantic-Congo85% alike
- NdoboAtlantic-Congo85% alike
- Baga SitemuAtlantic-Congo85% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · noon1243 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · nhu