Oku
Oku is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon.
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Oku (Ebkuo, Ekpwo, Ukfwo, Bvukoo, Kuɔ) is a Grassfields Bantoid language that is primarily spoken by the Oku people of northwest Cameroon, a fondom of the Tikar people. They are a different ethnic group from the Oku people of Sierra Leone.
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Words in Oku
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | wil* | |
| name | xil* | |
| eye | SiE* | |
| ear | tole* | |
| nose | yui* | |
| tooth | soN* | |
| tongue | leme* | |
| hand | koi* | |
| blood | doN* | |
| bone | vuf* | |
| skin | gwuo* | |
| knee | loi* | |
| breast | xin* | |
| water | mo* | |
| fire | v3s* | |
| sun | Tu* | |
| star | nTis* | |
| stone | t3i* | |
| mountain | kfEn* | |
| tree | kak* | |
| leaf | fo* | |
| night | th33k* | |
| dog | buo* | |
| fish | s3* | |
| one | mo* | |
| two | ba* | |
| drink | 53* | |
| see | yEn* | |
| hear | yuo* | |
| die | kwuo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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