Pongu
Pongu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria and Burkina Faso. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Pongu (Pangu), or Rin, is a Kainji language spoken in Nigeria. There are about 20,000 speakers. Their main centre is in Pangu Gari town of Niger State, about 20 kilometres southeast of Tegina.
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Words in Pongu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tu* | |
| name | Zy3* | |
| eye | riSi* | |
| ear | TEbyE* | |
| nose | inranu* | |
| tooth | r3y3* | |
| tongue | ryEtu* | |
| hand | ara* | |
| blood | hyi* | |
| bone | ufu* | |
| skin | tutu* | |
| knee | r33r33* | |
| breast | sub3* | |
| liver | swabwa* | |
| water | m3n3* | |
| fire | ra* | |
| sun | hwE* | |
| star | gwasu* | |
| stone | tari* | |
| mountain | undu* | |
| leaf | 3mb3* | |
| night | gyita* | |
| dog | wa* | |
| fish | TiTo* | |
| one | hi* | |
| two | rEnu* | |
| I | gem* | |
| you | ga* | |
| we | g3tu* | |
| drink | swo* |
* 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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