Yemba
Yemba is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon.
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Yɛmba or Yemba, also Yémba or Bamiléké Dschang, is a major Bamileke language in West Region of Cameroon. It was approximately spoken by 500,000 or so people in the country in 2023.
Despite originally being exclusively a spoken language, Yemba writing was developed by Maurice Tadadjeu (co-creator of the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages) and Steven Bird. Their team developed a small Yemba–French Dictionary covering French translations of over 3,000 Yemba words and expressions. The Mmuock dialect also has a proposed orthography.
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Words in Yemba
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | non* | |
| name | zen* | |
| eye | zi* | |
| ear | ton* | |
| nose | Thue* | |
| tooth | son* | |
| tongue | le* | |
| hand | pu* | |
| blood | ce* | |
| bone | kwe* | |
| skin | bie* | |
| knee | kwiti* | |
| breast | pie* | |
| liver | mbi* | |
| water | ntsɛh | |
| fire | mo7* | |
| sun | no* | |
| star | nsaN* | |
| stone | to* | |
| mountain | kwet* | |
| tree | tue* | |
| leaf | fu* | |
| night | zem* | |
| dog | bhi* | |
| fish | Thue* | |
| louse | fo* | |
| one | mo7* | |
| two | pia* | |
| drink | nu* | |
| see | Tie* |
* 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
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