Tennet
Tennet is a Surmic language spoken in South Sudan. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Tennet is a Surmic language spoken by the Tennet people in South Sudan. The Tennet home area is a group of fifteen (15) villages at the northern part of Eastern Equatoria state, 65 kilometers northeast of Torit.
From Wikipedia · Tennet language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Tennet
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | et* | |
| name | 8ar* | |
| eye | ebere* | |
| ear | itot* | |
| nose | w5eC* | |
| tooth | 5igitot* | |
| tongue | oxot* | |
| hand | o8i* | |
| blood | bije* | |
| bone | emen* | |
| skin | ruCenit* | |
| knee | w8wN* | |
| breast | e8it* | |
| liver | 5o* | |
| water | mam* | |
| fire | guo* | |
| sun | i* | |
| star | mu5u5oC* | |
| stone | be* | |
| mountain | be* | |
| tree | ket* | |
| leaf | voro5oC* | |
| night | bolin* | |
| dog | wrw8* | |
| fish | wlwgit* | |
| louse | i5oCoC* | |
| one | Code* | |
| two | rama* | |
| I | anita* | |
| you | ineta* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- NarimSurmic60% alike
- DidingaSurmic54% alike
- MurleSurmic52% alike
- Kacipo-BalesiSurmic30% alike
- Tirma-ChaiSurmic15% alike
- MajangSurmic14% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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