Punu
Punu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Gabon and Congo - Brazzaville.
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Yipunu, also known as Yisira, is a Bantu language spoken in the Republic of Gabon and the Republic of Congo by several thousand people, mainly of the Punu and Ghisir ethnic groups, the largest of the four major ethnic groups in Gabon. Yipunu has about 120 thousand native speakers, mainly from the southern Region, including 8 thousand speakers in southern French Congo. It is classified as B.43 in the Guthrie classification.
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Words in Punu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tu* | |
| name | in3* | |
| eye | su* | |
| ear | tuji* | |
| nose | mbasu* | |
| tooth | nu* | |
| tongue | limi* | |
| blood | lungu* | |
| bone | ivisi* | |
| skin | xande* | |
| knee | kotulu* | |
| breast | beni* | |
| liver | mbombu* | |
| water | mambe | |
| fire | ji* | |
| sun | wisi* | |
| star | mbwelili* | |
| stone | ma5i* | |
| mountain | kongu* | |
| tree | iri* | |
| leaf | xayi* | |
| night | kolu* | |
| dog | mondi* | |
| fish | 5am3mamb3* | |
| louse | cin3* | |
| one | yimosi* | |
| two | beji* | |
| drink | nu* | |
| see | lab3* | |
| hear | xulu* |
* 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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