Nteng
Nteng is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria.
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Nteng is a West Chadic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Nteng is spoken in the villages of Nteng, Geer, Ɗok, Kelaghal, Lool, Kwaki, Jekmorop, and Gorom, with Gorom being a primarily Bwal-speaking village. Roger Blench (2017) estimates that there are 2,000 speakers as of 2017.
Although Nteng is most closely related to the Pan cluster of languages, it has also been influenced by Mushere.
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Words in Nteng
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ngurum* | |
| name | Sum* | |
| eye | yit* | |
| ear | kom* | |
| nose | SiN* | |
| tooth | haxaS* | |
| tongue | lES* | |
| hand | sar* | |
| blood | t3g3m* | |
| bone | 3g3S* | |
| skin | nZim* | |
| knee | v3r3m* | |
| breast | y3r* | |
| liver | tup* | |
| water | am* | |
| fire | wuS* | |
| sun | puS* | |
| star | daxar* | |
| stone | dik* | |
| mountain | ruxup* | |
| tree | t3N* | |
| leaf | komyim* | |
| night | k3par* | |
| dog | aS* | |
| fish | CirEp* | |
| louse | nSEm* | |
| one | kumE* | |
| two | v3l* | |
| I | han* | |
| you | Nga* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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