North Giziga
North Giziga is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon.
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North Giziga is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon.
North Giziga (20,000 speakers) is spoken in the Tchéré and Mogazang massifs and the neighboring plains (Dogba) located north of Maroua (in Tchéré, Godola, and Mambang cantons, Meri commune, Diamaré department, Far North Region). The inhabitants of the Tchéré massif, sometimes called "Mofous de Tchéré", have adopted the Giziga language, although an ancient "Tchéré" language may have been spoken in the past.
The speakers of South Giziga call North Giziga "Giziga tókó-tókó", from tókó "is that not", which the South Giziga pronounce [takwa].
From Wikipedia · North Giziga language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in North Giziga
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mbur* | |
| name | tlimid* | |
| eye | re* | |
| ear | tlimid* | |
| nose | hotaN* | |
| tooth | tleN* | |
| tongue | irne* | |
| hand | haN* | |
| blood | pumbos* | |
| bone | atetl* | |
| breast | d3dak* | |
| liver | mevel* | |
| water | yam | |
| fire | avo* | |
| sun | pas* | |
| stone | dugor* | |
| tree | nafa* | |
| night | hukod* | |
| dog | kre* | |
| fish | k3lef* | |
| louse | mececeb* | |
| one | bula* | |
| two | Cew* | |
| I | ya* | |
| you | ka* | |
| we | mi* | |
| drink | shi* | |
| see | por* | |
| hear | can* | |
| die | moc* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Mofu-GudurAfro-Asiatic34% alike
- North MofuAfro-Asiatic26% alike
- Zulgo-GemzekAfro-Asiatic26% alike
- CuvokAfro-Asiatic26% alike
- MereyAfro-Asiatic26% alike
- MatalAfro-Asiatic24% alike
Grammar
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- Zulgo-GemzekAfro-Asiatic86% alike
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · nort3047 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · gis