Yeyi
Yeyi is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Namibia and Botswana, by about 24 thousand people. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Yeyi (Yeyi: Shiyɛyi) is a Bantu language spoken by approximately 50,000 Yeyi people along the Okavango River in Namibia and Botswana.
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Words in Yeyi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | kazi | |
| person | tu* | |
| name | na* | |
| ear | ti* | |
| nose | yiro* | |
| tooth | ino* | |
| tongue | LimE* | |
| hand | Lanja* | |
| blood | ropa* | |
| knee | ci* | |
| liver | 5E* | |
| water | ami | |
| fire | diro* | |
| sun | iwa* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | papa* | |
| night | suku* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | Swi* | |
| louse | na* | |
| one | !hiki* | |
| two | yiri* | |
| I | yEmE* | |
| you | yEwE* | |
| we | yEcwE* | |
| drink | nwa* | |
| see | mwana* | |
| hear | yuvwa* | |
| die | fwa* | |
| path | jira* |
* 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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