Northern Kissi
Northern Kissi is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.
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Written down
wanda tu cio Mɛ pilɔɔ o wolɔɔ ni, le waa o ba ndɔɔ cio, o bɛɛlen kenando ni, o tɔngdo ni, bɛtu nɔn yiyando a kullo, o kon ni naan tu dua mim maalyan kalapilɔyɛyi ni.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Northern Kissi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | dolan* | |
| eye | hoteN* | |
| ear | 5ileN* | |
| nose | mindo* | |
| tooth | kinde* | |
| tongue | diamuleN* | |
| hand | ba* | |
| blood | kowaN* | |
| bone | pa* | |
| skin | kolo* | |
| knee | wuleN* | |
| water | mɛ̀ŋ | |
| fire | yinden* | |
| sun | paleN* | |
| stone | powo* | |
| tree | yomdo* | |
| night | yumdaN* | |
| dog | tundu* | |
| fish | suwo* | |
| one | pila* | |
| two | mun* | |
| I | ya* | |
| you | nom* | |
| we | na* | |
| drink | kol* | |
| see | To* | |
| die | wuo* | |
| come | huno* | |
| path | nayo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.