Southeast Ijo
Southeast Ijo is an Ijoid language spoken in Nigeria. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Southeast Ijo is an Ijaw language spoken in southern Nigeria. There are two dialects, Nembe (Nimbe) and Akassa (Akaha).
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Written down
Kim’ owoumo se, keni bara ki na, pa zimi, ose keni bara kemi. Kim’se ye iroro, mani ikiou nana, enini kim’se dudu tari teme nana weri iyenri.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Southeast Ijo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | koNonu* | |
| name | ErE* | |
| eye | toru* | |
| ear | beri* | |
| nose | nini* | |
| tooth | aka* | |
| tongue | ElE* | |
| hand | bara* | |
| blood | oduyai* | |
| bone | imgbo* | |
| skin | opurna* | |
| knee | imgbele* | |
| breast | indo* | |
| liver | wabaye* | |
| water | mĩndí | |
| fire | hEnE* | |
| sun | iwura* | |
| star | kuwei* | |
| rain | ohúo | |
| stone | ikputu | |
| mountain | hogiyotundu* | |
| tree | tE* | |
| leaf | tEberi* | |
| night | noi* | |
| dog | obiri* | |
| fish | indi* | |
| louse | iku* | |
| one | kiei* | |
| two | mai* | |
| three | tirai |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · sout2774 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · ijs