Wawa
Wawa is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Wawa is a Mambiloid language spoken in a region of Cameroon and just inside bordering Nigeria used by about 3,000 people in three main dialects.
All speakers are bilingual, often in Fulfulde.
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Words in Wawa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | no* | |
| name | ir* | |
| eye | 3r* | |
| ear | to* | |
| nose | 5or* | |
| tooth | 5in* | |
| tongue | lEm* | |
| hand | Nga* | |
| blood | Teti* | |
| bone | kukwi* | |
| skin | Ngwey* | |
| breast | mar* | |
| liver | hanta* | |
| water | nb3m* | |
| fire | wa* | |
| sun | saNey* | |
| star | kaNy3r* | |
| stone | sek* | |
| mountain | kun* | |
| tree | kon* | |
| leaf | ke* | |
| night | s3m* | |
| dog | bey* | |
| fish | hErEy* | |
| louse | mEp* | |
| one | moi* | |
| two | bem* | |
| drink | so* | |
| see | dak* | |
| hear | o* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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