Yiwom
Yiwom is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria.
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Yiwom (Ywom), also known as Gerka or Gerkawa by the Hausa, is a Chadic (Afro-Asiatic) language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria.
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Words in Yiwom
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | atum* | |
| eye | laid* | |
| ear | bem* | |
| nose | iduN* | |
| tooth | res* | |
| hand | tis* | |
| blood | luluk* | |
| bone | rus* | |
| skin | gobSim* | |
| knee | furum* | |
| water | ram | |
| fire | aus* | |
| sun | bis* | |
| star | darkir* | |
| stone | yane* | |
| tree | Sip* | |
| night | piru* | |
| dog | rad* | |
| fish | kirup* | |
| three | kùn | |
| I | arun* | |
| we | mok* | |
| drink | fien* | |
| hear | kalmok* | |
| die | mud* | |
| come | geda* | |
| path | der* | |
| new | aki* |
* 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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Glottolog · yiwo1237 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · gek