Sambe
Sambe was an Atlantic-Congo language once spoken in Nigeria.
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Sambe is a presumably extinct Plateau language of Nigeria once spoken in the village of the same name. The Sambe people have shifted to Ninzo.
Sambe is unusual in contrasting /k͡p/ and /k͡pʷ/, a rare distinction in the world’s languages. For example,
/k͡pùk͡pʷɛ̀/ "cough"
From Wikipedia · Sambe language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Sambe
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | arefin* | |
| name | tanase* | |
| eye | kevwyi* | |
| ear | tun* | |
| nose | mbwiya* | |
| tooth | 5ina* | |
| tongue | lEmE* | |
| hand | kuwo* | |
| blood | mimya* | |
| bone | keku* | |
| skin | gaya* | |
| knee | kungburu* | |
| breast | vE* | |
| water | àrì | |
| fire | kelan* | |
| sun | ru* | |
| star | Cinco* | |
| stone | ncu* | |
| mountain | go* | |
| tree | uhunu* | |
| leaf | ngbaSi* | |
| night | keCukatiba* | |
| dog | owa* | |
| fish | bible* | |
| louse | amanku* | |
| one | 5i5ina* | |
| two | bekafa* | |
| I | mimi* | |
| you | nunu* | |
| we | namlani* |
* 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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Glottolog · samb1307 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · xab