Nyang'i
Nyang'i is a Kuliak language spoken in Uganda. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Nyang'i (Nyangia) is the nearly extinct Kuliak language of the Nyangea hunter-gatherers of northeastern Uganda. The 15,000 Nyangia have shifted to speaking Karamojong.
The name is variously spelled Gyangiya, Ngangea, Ngiangeya, Nuangeya, Nyangeya, Nyangiya, Nyuangia, and is also known as Poren (Ngapore, Niporen, Nipori, Upale).
From Wikipedia · Nyang'i language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Nyang'i
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nEb* | |
| name | edek* | |
| eye | Ekw* | |
| ear | bes* | |
| nose | 5abek* | |
| tongue | EdEb* | |
| hand | an* | |
| blood | se* | |
| bone | ok* | |
| skin | kut* | |
| breast | tosob* | |
| liver | karor* | |
| water | kwe* | |
| fire | dakw* | |
| sun | Ti* | |
| stone | soget* | |
| mountain | sog* | |
| tree | ad* | |
| leaf | rom* | |
| night | mir* | |
| dog | sak* | |
| fish | koleat* | |
| louse | Tanat* | |
| two | nET* | |
| I | ay* | |
| we | g3n* | |
| drink | wEt* | |
| see | 3dE* | |
| hear | Nisno* | |
| come | aT* |
* 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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Glottolog · nyan1313 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · nyp