Tunen
Tunen is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon, by about 35 thousand people.
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The Nen language, Tunen (Banen), is a Mbam language of Cameroon. Maho (2009) considers Aling'a to be a distinct language. Unlike all other Bantu languages, Nen has an SOV word order rather than the standard Bantu SVO word order.
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Words in Tunen
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ond* | |
| name | i5* | |
| eye | is* | |
| ear | lu* | |
| nose | on* | |
| tooth | i5* | |
| tongue | bomb* | |
| hand | kat* | |
| blood | noN* | |
| bone | yuh* | |
| skin | yof* | |
| knee | ma5* | |
| breast | lomb* | |
| liver | 53* | |
| water | nif* | |
| fire | w3* | |
| sun | otot* | |
| star | sEnT* | |
| stone | mok* | |
| mountain | ma* | |
| tree | lE* | |
| night | lu* | |
| dog | mo* | |
| fish | ofo* | |
| louse | in3* | |
| one | motE* | |
| two | fandE* | |
| drink | 5a* | |
| see | En* | |
| die | w3* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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