Yangkam
Yangkam is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Yangkam (Yankam), or Bashar (Basherawa), is a moribund Plateau language of Nigeria. It is located to the west of Bashar town in Plateau State.
Yangkam-speaking villages are Tukur, Bayar, Pyaksam, and Kiram. All speakers are elderly, with a total of approximately 400 fluent speakers remaining.
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Words in Yangkam
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ndarnyit* | |
| name | rum* | |
| eye | wi* | |
| ear | toN* | |
| nose | viram* | |
| tooth | baN* | |
| tongue | rem* | |
| hand | bwok* | |
| blood | gyir* | |
| bone | kup* | |
| skin | kpa* | |
| knee | ruN* | |
| breast | mi* | |
| liver | le* | |
| water | woxʃi | |
| fire | b3t* | |
| sun | lom* | |
| star | ngaNg3raN* | |
| stone | gyam* | |
| mountain | yuN* | |
| tree | kon* | |
| leaf | kaN* | |
| night | yexom* | |
| dog | gba* | |
| fish | vyak* | |
| louse | gyisk3r* | |
| one | 5inuN* | |
| two | bara* | |
| drink | wa* | |
| see | gyaN* |
* 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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