Samue
Samue is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Burkina Faso and Mali. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Samwé (samoe), also known as Wara (ouara, ouala), is a Gur language of Burkina Faso. Dialects are Negueni-Klani, Ouatourou-Niasogoni, and Soulani. Niasogoni speakers have difficulty with Negueni, but not vice versa.
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Words in Samue
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ninana* | |
| name | yinna* | |
| eye | 5unkupie* | |
| ear | yipa* | |
| nose | miniki* | |
| tooth | yima* | |
| tongue | nimiya* | |
| hand | kle* | |
| blood | tima* | |
| bone | nankwa* | |
| skin | fa* | |
| knee | tumu* | |
| breast | koka* | |
| liver | tuwa* | |
| water | nimi* | |
| fire | wa* | |
| sun | wiye* | |
| star | wusupie* | |
| stone | ta* | |
| mountain | 5amma* | |
| tree | siye* | |
| leaf | usoka* | |
| night | tunaNi* | |
| dog | 7puna* | |
| fish | 5impo* | |
| one | puwo* | |
| two | bo* | |
| I | ni* | |
| you | mi* | |
| we | ti* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- NatioroAtlantic-Congo34% alike
- Tagwana SenoufoAtlantic-Congo18% alike
- ManzaAtlantic-Congo15% alike
- Ngbaka MinagendeAtlantic-Congo15% alike
- NgangamAtlantic-Congo14% alike
- Ngbaka ManzaAtlantic-Congo14% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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