Tala
Tala is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria, by about 1,000 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Tala is a language from the West Chadian branch of the Chadic language family. The language is spoken in the central regions of Nigeria, and had approximately 1000 native speakers in 1993. The language is unwritten.
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Words in Tala
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mbar* | |
| name | s3m* | |
| eye | yir* | |
| ear | k3m* | |
| nose | kadis3N* | |
| tooth | Sin* | |
| tongue | ndelaN* | |
| blood | pra* | |
| bone | kul* | |
| skin | kur* | |
| knee | kafuruN* | |
| breast | nyi* | |
| liver | mbasi* | |
| water | maal | |
| fire | wudi* | |
| sun | pidi* | |
| star | Ngatl* | |
| stone | tar* | |
| mountain | rosi* | |
| tree | nyosi* | |
| leaf | fwodi* | |
| night | kafur* | |
| dog | yor* | |
| fish | kwasi* | |
| louse | kworkwota* | |
| one | n3m* | |
| two | pap* | |
| I | mi* | |
| you | ki* | |
| we | mi* |
* 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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