Oruma
Oruma is an Ijoid language spoken in Nigeria. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Oruma is one of three small Inland Ijaw languages of Nigeria. According to Ethnologue, it is not fully intelligible with other varieties of Inland Ijaw.
From Wikipedia · Oruma language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Oruma
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kimi* | |
| name | ErE* | |
| eye | tori* | |
| ear | beri* | |
| nose | inini* | |
| tooth | aka* | |
| tongue | bElE* | |
| hand | bara* | |
| blood | asi* | |
| bone | igbo* | |
| skin | buopara* | |
| knee | buoiku* | |
| breast | ido* | |
| liver | panana* | |
| water | beni | |
| fire | feni* | |
| sun | owara* | |
| star | Ekara* | |
| stone | ikputu* | |
| mountain | odo* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | tiberi* | |
| night | dei* | |
| dog | sie* | |
| fish | idi* | |
| louse | seiye* | |
| one | kEni* | |
| two | maau* | |
| drink | bou* | |
| see | iyeari* |
* 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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