Zay
Zay is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Zay (Oromo: Lak'i, Laqi) is an Afroasiatic language of the Semitic branch spoken in Ethiopia. It is one of the Gurage languages in the Ethiopian Semitic group. The Zay language has around 14,000 speakers known as the Zay, who inhabit Gelila and the other five islands and shores of Lake Zway in the southern part of the country.
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Words in Zay
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | sEb* | |
| name | s3m* | |
| eye | in* | |
| ear | 3z3n* | |
| nose | n3ft* | |
| tongue | ErEmEt* | |
| hand | 3nyi* | |
| blood | dEm* | |
| bone | hEt3m* | |
| skin | gugE* | |
| knee | gulbEt* | |
| breast | tub* | |
| liver | gobut* | |
| water | mEi* | |
| fire | yirE* | |
| sun | Erit* | |
| star | kokEb* | |
| stone | umon* | |
| mountain | sEri* | |
| tree | 3ntet* | |
| leaf | k3tei* | |
| night | Erut* | |
| dog | g35i* | |
| louse | k3mEi* | |
| one | hEd* | |
| two | hoit* | |
| I | eiE* | |
| we | 35E* | |
| drink | sETin* | |
| come | mEttEn* |
* 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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