Gbaya
Gbaya is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo - Brazzaville, and Central African Republic.
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Northwest Gbaya is a Gbaya language spoken across a broad expanse of Cameroon and the Central African Republic. The principal variety is Kara (Kàrà, Gbaya Kara), a name shared with several neighboring languages; Lay (Làì) is restricted to a small area north of Mbodomo, with a third between it and Toongo that is not named in Moñino (2010), but is influenced by the Gbaya languages to the south.
For male initiation rites, the Gbaya Kara use a language called La'bi.
From Wikipedia · Northwest Gbaya language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Gbaya
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | wi* | |
| name | 5in* | |
| eye | gbayik* | |
| ear | zer* | |
| nose | zok* | |
| tooth | 5in* | |
| tongue | lebe* | |
| hand | 7er* | |
| blood | tok* | |
| bone | gba5a* | |
| skin | ndara* | |
| knee | zugur* | |
| breast | ber* | |
| liver | se* | |
| water | yì | |
| fire | we* | |
| sun | wese* | |
| star | sora* | |
| stone | ta* | |
| mountain | kaya* | |
| tree | te* | |
| leaf | wa* | |
| night | zE* | |
| dog | toyo* | |
| fish | zoro* | |
| louse | busi* | |
| one | kpok* | |
| two | yito* | |
| we | 7E* | |
| drink | no* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Gbaya-BossangoaAtlantic-Congo74% alike
- Gbaya-BozoumAtlantic-Congo69% alike
- GbanuAtlantic-Congo65% alike
- AliAtlantic-Congo61% alike
- BofiAtlantic-Congo57% alike
- Ngbaka ManzaAtlantic-Congo56% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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