Vute
Vute is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon.
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Vute is a Mambiloid language of Cameroon and Gabon, with a thousand speakers in Nigeria. The orthography was standardized on March 9, 1979. Noted dialect clusters are eastern, central, and Doume.
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Words in Vute
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nur* | |
| name | ur* | |
| eye | i* | |
| ear | to* | |
| nose | 5ur* | |
| tooth | 5in* | |
| tongue | yum* | |
| hand | Nga* | |
| blood | tum* | |
| bone | kukwi* | |
| skin | Ngwe* | |
| breast | ma* | |
| liver | sum* | |
| water | mvúm | |
| fire | wa* | |
| sun | nvi* | |
| star | kaNwur* | |
| stone | mwar* | |
| mountain | be* | |
| tree | yo* | |
| leaf | ke* | |
| night | sumnin* | |
| dog | li* | |
| fish | here* | |
| louse | m3p* | |
| one | mui* | |
| two | bam* | |
| drink | men* | |
| see | pe* | |
| hear | ok* |
* 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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