North-Central Ju
North-Central Ju is a Kxa language spoken in South Africa, Angola, and Namibia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Ekoka ǃKung (Ekoka ǃXuun, Ekoka-ǃXû, ǃKung-Ekoka) or Western ǃXuun (North-Central Ju) is a variety of the ǃKung dialect cluster, spoken originally in the area of the central Namibian–Angolan border, west of the Okavango River, but since the Angolan Civil War also in South Africa.
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Words in North-Central Ju
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Zu* | |
| name | !ku* | |
| eye | !ga* | |
| ear | !kyi* | |
| nose | cu* | |
| tooth | cau* | |
| tongue | tEri* | |
| hand | !gau* | |
| blood | !iN* | |
| bone | !ku* | |
| skin | !no* | |
| knee | !koE* | |
| breast | cwa* | |
| liver | CiN* | |
| water | !gu* | |
| fire | da* | |
| sun | !kom* | |
| star | !ko* | |
| stone | !num* | |
| mountain | !num* | |
| tree | !kaN* | |
| leaf | !nobu* | |
| night | !gu* | |
| dog | !kwe* | |
| one | !nee* | |
| two | sa* | |
| I | N* | |
| you | ma* | |
| we | i* | |
| drink | CiN* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Northern JuKxa59% alike
- South-Eastern JuKxa34% alike
- N||ngTuu12% alike
- KochSino-Tibetan10% alike
- /XamTuu10% alike
- AvauAustronesian10% 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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