Vai
ꕙꔤ
Vai is a Mande language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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The Vai language, also called Liberian, Vy or Gallinas, is a Mande language spoken by the Vai people, roughly 104,000 in Liberia, and by smaller populations, some 15,500, in Sierra Leone.
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Written down
ꕉꕜꕮ ꔔꘋ ꖸ ꔰ ꗋꘋ ꕮꕨ ꔔꘋ ꖸ ꕎ ꕉꖸꕊ ꕴꖃ ꕃꔤꘂ ꗱ, ꕉꖷ ꗪꗡ ꔻꔤ ꗏꗒꗡ ꕎ ꗪ ꕉꖸꕊ ꖏꕎ. ꕉꕡ ꖏ ꗳꕮꕊ ꗏ ꕪ ꗓ ꕉꖷ ꕉꖸ ꕘꕞ ꗪ. ꖏꖷ ꕉꖸꔧ ꖏ ꖸ ꕚꕌꘂ ꗷꔤ ꕞ ꘃꖷ ꘉꔧ ꗠꖻ ꕞ ꖴꘋ ꔳꕩ ꕉꖸ ꗳ.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Vai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mo* | |
| name | to* | |
| eye | ja* | |
| ear | to* | |
| nose | suN* | |
| tooth | 5iN* | |
| tongue | nE* | |
| hand | bo* | |
| blood | woi* | |
| bone | ku* | |
| skin | kpo* | |
| knee | kumbe* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | fa* | |
| water | ꕀ | dʒi |
| fire | ta* | |
| sun | te* | |
| star | toma* | |
| stone | seN* | |
| mountain | koNo* | |
| tree | koN* | |
| leaf | janba* | |
| night | lifi* | |
| dog | wu* | |
| fish | 5iE* | |
| louse | 5a* | |
| one | londo* | |
| two | fea* | |
| I | n* | |
| you | i* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Kono (Sierra Leone)Mande69% alike
- Lele (Guinea)Mande50% alike
- KurankoMande41% alike
- MixiforeMande40% alike
- MandinkaMande39% alike
- MarkaMande38% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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