Uncunwee
Uncunwee is a Nubian language spoken in Sudan. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Ghulfan (also Gulfan, Uncu, Uncunwee, Wunci, Wuncimbe) is a Hill Nubian language spoken in the central Nuba Mountains in the south of Sudan. It is spoken by around 40,000 people in the Ghulfan Kurgul and Ghulfan Morung hills, south of Dilling. The villages in which the language is spoken are Dabri, Karkandi, Katang, Kurgul, Namang, Ninya, Moring, Ota, Shigda, and Tarda. It is closely related to Kadaru, with which it forms the Kadaru-Ghulfan subgroup of Hill Nubian.
Ethnologue reports that the use of Ghulfan is decreasing as younger speakers switch to Sudanese Arabic with only adults speaking the language now and that there are no monolingual speakers of the language.
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Words in Uncunwee
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | id* | |
| name | or* | |
| eye | kaltu* | |
| ear | ulCe* | |
| nose | i5uN* | |
| tooth | jidu* | |
| tongue | jadu* | |
| hand | oSi* | |
| blood | ur* | |
| bone | kuEd* | |
| skin | dor* | |
| knee | kutu* | |
| breast | odu* | |
| liver | igij* | |
| water | oti* | |
| fire | ika* | |
| sun | iNNaLtu* | |
| star | unu* | |
| stone | kwakar* | |
| mountain | kudu* | |
| tree | or* | |
| leaf | aru* | |
| night | kwalil* | |
| dog | bol* | |
| fish | korul* | |
| louse | itu* | |
| one | bEr* | |
| two | ora* | |
| I | jE* | |
| you | aj* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- DillingNubian44% alike
- Wali (Sudan)Nubian37% alike
- KarkoNubian31% alike
- Kenuzi-DongolaNubian16% alike
- Old NubianNubian16% alike
- BirkedNubian15% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · ghul1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · ghl