Tumtum
Tumtum is a Kadugli-Krongo language spoken in Sudan. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Tumtum is a Nilo-Saharan language of the Kadu branch spoken in South Kordofan, Sudan. Dialects are Karondi (Kurondi, Korindi), Talassa, and Tumtum proper.
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Words in Tumtum
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Tadego* | |
| eye | eye* | |
| ear | neso* | |
| nose | mona* | |
| tooth | tigini* | |
| tongue | 8aNado* | |
| hand | nisa* | |
| blood | oba* | |
| bone | kuboni* | |
| skin | oda* | |
| knee | mi* | |
| breast | 8onugwu* | |
| water | bidhi | |
| fire | isi* | |
| sun | aya* | |
| star | ma8igi* | |
| stone | kisigi* | |
| mountain | mi5agwana* | |
| tree | nifa8una* | |
| leaf | tende* | |
| night | usuni* | |
| dog | ira* | |
| fish | kologa* | |
| one | iginono* | |
| two | Era* | |
| I | a7a* | |
| you | u7u* | |
| we | o7o* | |
| drink | awE* | |
| see | i8ina* |
* 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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