Ron
Ron is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria, by about 176 thousand people.
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Ron (Run; also known as Challa, Chala) is an Afro-Asiatic language cluster spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Dialects include Bokkos, Daffo-Mbar-Butura (incl. Mangar), Monguna/Manguna (Shagau), (20,000 speakers). Blench (2006) considers these to be separate languages.
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Words in Ron
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | nafu | |
| person | adeN* | |
| name | sum* | |
| eye | Sit* | |
| ear | mwal* | |
| nose | atin* | |
| tooth | aNgur* | |
| tongue | alis* | |
| hand | ra* | |
| blood | waS* | |
| bone | kyas* | |
| skin | fukut* | |
| knee | fwaran* | |
| breast | fof* | |
| liver | taSaS* | |
| water | ham* | |
| fire | man* | |
| sun | bwe* | |
| star | byar* | |
| stone | afuN* | |
| mountain | aNaS* | |
| tree | yit* | |
| leaf | mwalidam* | |
| night | fwo* | |
| dog | kyara* | |
| fish | guSe* | |
| louse | bwele* | |
| one | andek* | |
| two | apil* | |
| I | yin* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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