Tarok
Tarok is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria.
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Tarok (Tarok: iTárók), also known as Yergama or Appa is a language spoken by around 520,000 people primarily in the southeast of Nigeria's Plateau State, where it serves as a local lingua franca. Tarok is a member of the Plateau group of the Atlantic–Congo family.
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Words in Tarok
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | ùcár | |
| name | adin* | |
| eye | yu* | |
| ear | aCwuN* | |
| nose | alur* | |
| tooth | a5iN* | |
| hand | awo* | |
| blood | Cir* | |
| bone | akup* | |
| skin | awa* | |
| knee | iriN* | |
| water | ǹdəng | |
| fire | apur* | |
| sun | alum* | |
| star | ujan* | |
| stone | ipaN* | |
| tree | akun* | |
| night | zwam* | |
| dog | va* | |
| fish | gwali* | |
| I | mami* | |
| we | i* | |
| drink | muN* | |
| hear | fieCit* | |
| die | ku* | |
| come | ba* | |
| path | sel* | |
| new | pipe* |
* 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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