Wushi
Wushi is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon.
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Wushi (Babessi) is a Grassfields language of Cameroon.
It might be the same language as adjacent, unattested Nshi across the border in Nigeria.
From Wikipedia · Wushi language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Wushi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | we7* | |
| name | z3* | |
| eye | s3* | |
| ear | tuon3* | |
| nose | z3* | |
| tooth | g337* | |
| tongue | ndw3s3k3* | |
| hand | T33* | |
| blood | nse* | |
| bone | xu37* | |
| skin | go7* | |
| knee | T37* | |
| breast | bu* | |
| liver | twim3* | |
| water | co7* | |
| fire | vie* | |
| sun | c3c3* | |
| star | nco* | |
| stone | gwo7* | |
| mountain | gwu* | |
| tree | c3* | |
| leaf | fo7* | |
| night | co7* | |
| dog | bv3Ng3* | |
| fish | Ta* | |
| one | m7o7* | |
| two | ba* | |
| drink | nu* | |
| see | yiE* | |
| hear | yu* |
* 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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Elsewhere
Glottolog · wush1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bse