Pukur
Pukur is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Mboteni, also known as Baga Mboteni, Baga Binari, or Baga Pokur, is an endangered Rio Nunez language spoken in the coastal Rio Nunez region of Guinea. Speakers who have gone to school or work outside their villages are bilingual in Pokur and the Mande language Susu.
Pokur has lost the noun-class concord found in its relatives.
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Words in Pukur
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | wuno* | |
| name | yin* | |
| eye | Cir* | |
| ear | nof* | |
| nose | ndo* | |
| tooth | toL* | |
| tongue | lum* | |
| hand | ra* | |
| blood | yEla* | |
| bone | LuN* | |
| skin | kara* | |
| knee | po* | |
| breast | yaLa* | |
| liver | loL* | |
| water | so* | |
| fire | mur* | |
| sun | na* | |
| star | CangolE* | |
| stone | la* | |
| tree | li* | |
| leaf | yumbo* | |
| night | pomban* | |
| dog | vor* | |
| fish | li* | |
| louse | Celanga* | |
| one | mbo* | |
| two | salE* | |
| drink | soloso* | |
| see | vorafo* | |
| hear | fonu* |
* 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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