Southern Birifor
Southern Birifor is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso.
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Southern Birifor is a Gur language of the Niger–Congo family. It is spoken by about 200,000 people, mainly in Ghana, particularly in Upper West and Northern regions, with perhaps ten thousand in Zanzan district of Ivory Coast.
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Words in Southern Birifor
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nibE* | |
| name | yue* | |
| eye | nimbie* | |
| ear | tobo* | |
| nose | 5Er* | |
| tooth | 5imE* | |
| tongue | Tambie* | |
| hand | nur* | |
| blood | Tisi* | |
| bone | kobo* | |
| skin | gama* | |
| knee | gbEdumu* | |
| breast | biE* | |
| liver | sobo* | |
| water | kon* | |
| fire | buusi* | |
| sun | monton* | |
| star | NmErbiE* | |
| stone | kusibE* | |
| mountain | ton* | |
| tree | tir* | |
| leaf | vai* | |
| night | tisosi* | |
| dog | bar* | |
| fish | TimE* | |
| one | buyEn* | |
| two | ayi* | |
| I | i* | |
| you | fu* | |
| die | kpi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Malba BiriforAtlantic-Congo52% alike
- Wali (Ghana)Atlantic-Congo40% alike
- MampruliAtlantic-Congo38% alike
- Central DagaareAtlantic-Congo36% alike
- KusaalAtlantic-Congo36% alike
- HangaAtlantic-Congo34% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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