Seki
Seki is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Seki, also Baseke, Sheke or Sekiana, is a language indigenous to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It had been spoken in villages of Rio Campo and Northern Bata, along the coast, but its native speakers have begun abandoning the language for Spanish, Fang, and Kombe.
Can be related to Kako spoken in the East region of Cameroon and some parts of the west of Central African Republic.
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Words in Seki
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mo* | |
| name | no* | |
| eye | si* | |
| ear | to* | |
| nose | dyoyi* | |
| tooth | so* | |
| tongue | demu* | |
| blood | mEkiyo* | |
| bone | yeso* | |
| skin | kondo* | |
| knee | bo* | |
| breast | mEdi* | |
| liver | vu* | |
| water | duku* | |
| fire | vyolu* | |
| sun | vyosa* | |
| star | njasanu* | |
| stone | tadi* | |
| mountain | beko* | |
| tree | yeTi* | |
| leaf | mbolu* | |
| night | Tu* | |
| dog | mbwE* | |
| fish | ambi* | |
| louse | nyino* | |
| one | votE* | |
| two | mba* | |
| drink | noto* | |
| see | yEno* | |
| hear | yoko* |
* 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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Elsewhere
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