Vengo
Vengo is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon.
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Vengo (Vəŋo), or Babungo, is a Grassfields language and the language of the Vengo people from the village of Babungo in the Cameroonian Grassfields. The spelling Bamungo is also often found.
In their own language, the Vengo people call their village vengo (vəŋóo), and their language ghang vengo (gháŋ vəŋóo), which means "language of the Vengo"; it is thus officially listed under the name Vengo or Vengoo. Other names for the language are Vengi, Pengo, Ngo, Nguu, Ngwa, Nge.
Vengo is spoken by about 14,000 people. Because the Babungo people all live closely together and concentrate only in and around Vengo village, there are only small dialectical variations in their speech.
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Words in Vengo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | w3* | |
| name | zi* | |
| eye | s3* | |
| ear | tul3* | |
| nose | zwi* | |
| tooth | g37* | |
| tongue | ndit3* | |
| hand | xo* | |
| blood | nSi* | |
| bone | xut3* | |
| skin | go* | |
| knee | toy3* | |
| breast | m3N* | |
| liver | t3N* | |
| water | múu | |
| fire | wi* | |
| sun | SiSwi* | |
| star | jwiN* | |
| stone | No7* | |
| mountain | baN* | |
| tree | t3* | |
| leaf | vi* | |
| night | tu7* | |
| dog | bu* | |
| fish | su* | |
| louse | nt3* | |
| one | mu7* | |
| two | bo* | |
| I | m3* | |
| you | a* |
* 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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