Tunni
Tunni is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Somalia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Tunni (also known as Af-Tunni) is a Somali language spoken by the Tunni who reside in the Lower Shebelle, Middle Juba, Lower Juba and part of Bay regions in southern Somalia. The language is typically classified among the Digil group of Somali languages. Tunni is distinct from Somali, with a different phonology and sentence structure.
From Wikipedia · Tunni language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Tunni
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | maga* | |
| eye | il* | |
| ear | deg* | |
| nose | san* | |
| tooth | ilig* | |
| tongue | arab* | |
| hand | gana* | |
| bone | laf* | |
| knee | jilib* | |
| breast | nas* | |
| liver | taraw* | |
| water | beh3* | |
| fire | deb* | |
| sun | fri* | |
| star | bakal* | |
| stone | Slid* | |
| mountain | bur* | |
| tree | ged* | |
| leaf | hambal* | |
| night | himlin* | |
| dog | ey* | |
| fish | maley* | |
| louse | isgir* | |
| one | hal* | |
| two | lama* | |
| I | ana* | |
| you | ada* | |
| we | unu* | |
| drink | warab* | |
| see | agar* |
* 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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Elsewhere
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