Northern Ju
Northern Ju is a Kxa language spoken in Angola, by about 5,600 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Sekele is the northern language of the ǃKung dialect continuum. It was widespread in southern Angola before the Angolan Civil War, but those varieties are now spoken principally among a diaspora in northern Namibia. There are also a number of dialects spoken in far northern Namibia.
Sekele is known by a number of names. "Sekele" itself derives from Vasekele, the Angolan Bantu name. It is also known as Northern ǃKung, Northern ǃXuun, and Northern Ju. Two of the Angolan varieties have gone by the outdated term ǃʼOǃKung (or ǃʼO ǃuŋ [ǃˀoːǃʰũ], "Forest ǃKung") and Maligo (short for "Sekele Maligo"). There are several Namibian dialects, of which the best-known is Ekoka.
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Words in Northern Ju
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ju* | |
| name | !ku* | |
| eye | !ga* | |
| ear | !kwi* | |
| nose | cn* | |
| tooth | cau* | |
| tongue | tali* | |
| hand | !gau* | |
| blood | yalu* | |
| bone | !7u* | |
| skin | !no* | |
| knee | !gom* | |
| breast | coa* | |
| liver | Ci* | |
| water | !gu* | |
| fire | da* | |
| sun | !kom* | |
| star | !ki* | |
| stone | !num* | |
| tree | !gau* | |
| leaf | !goba* | |
| night | !gu* | |
| dog | !kwe* | |
| one | !nee* | |
| two | ca* | |
| I | mi* | |
| you | a* | |
| we | e* | |
| drink | Ci* | |
| see | siN* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- North-Central JuKxa59% alike
- South-Eastern JuKxa38% alike
- N||ngTuu11% alike
- OkpamheriAtlantic-Congo10% alike
- ViemoAtlantic-Congo10% alike
- UnemeAtlantic-Congo10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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