Ut-Main
Ut-Main is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria.
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u̠t-Ma'in or Fakai is a Northwest Kainji dialect continuum spoken by 36,000 people in Nigeria. (The letter ⟨u̠⟩ is /ə/.) There are numerous rather divergent dialects:
Kag (Puku, Fakanchi, Et-Kag)
Jiir (Gelanchi, Et-Jiir)
From Wikipedia · U̠t-Ma'in language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Ut-Main
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nEt* | |
| name | 3rdim* | |
| eye | 3ris* | |
| ear | uto* | |
| nose | 3rswa* | |
| tooth | unin* | |
| tongue | 3lem* | |
| hand | ekom* | |
| blood | 3mhy3* | |
| bone | uSar* | |
| skin | uka7* | |
| knee | 3rjw3n* | |
| breast | 3rdE* | |
| water | ə̄mbə́ | |
| fire | ura* | |
| sun | 3rho* | |
| star | urEgEr* | |
| stone | itar* | |
| mountain | 3lor* | |
| tree | ute* | |
| leaf | uran* | |
| night | 3mgy3p* | |
| dog | uo7* | |
| fish | ujan* | |
| louse | ukorkoto* | |
| one | C3n* | |
| two | T3r* | |
| I | 3m* | |
| you | bo* | |
| we | in* |
* 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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