Viya
Viya is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Gabon. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Viya (Gheviya, Eviya, Avias) is a minor Bantu language of Gabon. A collection of proverbs in their language has been published, with French translations. Also, a bilingual dictionary has been compiled.
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Words in Viya
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | isi* | |
| name | ina* | |
| eye | iso* | |
| ear | kubuku* | |
| nose | eo* | |
| tooth | iso* | |
| tongue | leme* | |
| hand | kaka* | |
| blood | cina* | |
| bone | pa* | |
| skin | popoto* | |
| knee | vongo* | |
| breast | bEnE* | |
| liver | bumba* | |
| water | amba* | |
| fire | iko* | |
| sun | ombe* | |
| stone | tae* | |
| mountain | kodi* | |
| tree | te* | |
| leaf | abi* | |
| night | pici* | |
| dog | mbwa* | |
| fish | cue* | |
| louse | cidi* | |
| one | matata* | |
| two | bea* | |
| I | mE* | |
| you | ewe* | |
| we | ito* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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