Sur
Sur is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Sur–Myet, also known as kuSur (Nsur), Tapshin, or Myet, is a minor Plateau language of Bauchi and Plateau states, Nigeria. There are two closely related dialects, Súr and Myet.
There are about 16,000 speakers of Sur–Myet. Sur speakers are surrounded by Ngas speakers, who refer to the Sur as Dishili. Nevertheless, Sur is a vital language still being passed onto children, and is not immediately endangered.
From Wikipedia · Sur–Myet language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Sur
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nimbi* | |
| name | kyin* | |
| eye | ki* | |
| ear | koto* | |
| nose | g3v3rum* | |
| tooth | nyin* | |
| tongue | kilerem* | |
| hand | bak* | |
| blood | z3l* | |
| bone | tukubi* | |
| skin | tukwa* | |
| knee | tukurum* | |
| breast | miSi* | |
| liver | nTi* | |
| water | ryaŋ | |
| fire | biSi* | |
| sun | lem* | |
| star | mat* | |
| stone | tikan* | |
| mountain | dugol* | |
| tree | kon* | |
| leaf | yyaN* | |
| night | gutuk* | |
| dog | wwa* | |
| fish | ywak* | |
| louse | dani* | |
| one | ZaNna* | |
| two | barap* | |
| I | mi* | |
| you | bu* |
* 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 · surr1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · tdl