Tyap
Tyap is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria, by about 255 thousand people.
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Tyap is a regionally important dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria's Middle Belt, named after its prestige dialect. It is also known by its Hausa exonym as Katab or Kataf. It is also known by the names of its dialectical varieties, including Sholyio, Fantswam, Gworok, Takad, "Mabatado" (Tyap 'proper'), Tyecharak, and Tuku. In spite of being listed separately from the Tyap cluster, Jju's separation, according to Blench R.M. (2018), seems to be increasingly ethnic rather than a linguistic reality.
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Words in Tyap
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | 3y3rok* | |
| eye | 3li* | |
| ear | CfuCCfo* | |
| nose | jjvay* | |
| tooth | 35uN* | |
| tongue | 3ly3m* | |
| blood | 3sfok* | |
| bone | kuNkup* | |
| skin | 3kwa* | |
| breast | f3l3N* | |
| liver | lyo* | |
| water | a̱sa̱khwot | |
| fire | loN* | |
| sun | nwam* | |
| star | taNwat* | |
| stone | 3faN* | |
| mountain | 3fan* | |
| tree | ukwan* | |
| dog | ubwwu* | |
| cat | a̱kwi | |
| fish | 3f3n* | |
| louse | C3raN* | |
| one | 5uN* | |
| two | fiyaN* | |
| I | n* | |
| you | a* | |
| we | z3* | |
| drink | sfo* | |
| see | di* | |
| hear | fok* |
* 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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