Pinyin
Pinyin is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon.
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Pinyin is a Grassfields language spoken by some 27,000 people in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.
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Words in Pinyin
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Nwu3* | |
| name | lin3* | |
| eye | li* | |
| ear | tugr3* | |
| nose | lwi3* | |
| tooth | soN* | |
| tongue | l3m3* | |
| hand | po* | |
| blood | l3m* | |
| bone | kwin3* | |
| skin | gob* | |
| breast | p3Nn3* | |
| liver | pi3* | |
| water | nchiə | |
| fire | mu* | |
| sun | 5um3* | |
| star | saN3* | |
| stone | xor3* | |
| mountain | bar3* | |
| tree | tx3* | |
| leaf | fu3* | |
| night | tu73* | |
| dog | gw3x3* | |
| fish | su3* | |
| one | mo7o* | |
| two | pa* | |
| drink | no* | |
| see | z3n3* | |
| hear | zu73* | |
| die | kux3* |
* 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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