Zizilivakan
Zizilivakan is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Zizilivakan (Ziziliveken, Ziliva, Àmzírív), also known as Fali of Jilbu and Ulan Mazhilvən, is a Chadic language spoken in Cameroon in Far North Province and neighboring Nigeria. It is one of several in the area that go by the name Fali.
Zizilivékén is spoken in Cameroon by only a few hundred people (Crozier and Blench 1992), near the border with Nigeria. It is spoken west of Guili (Bourrha commune, Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North Region). It is also spoken in Nigeria around the town of Jilvu. In Cameroon, it is not spoken as much as in Nigeria.
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Words in Zizilivakan
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mdi* | |
| name | 83mu* | |
| eye | j3n* | |
| ear | 83m3n* | |
| nose | s35u* | |
| tooth | 8iNyu* | |
| tongue | gy3na* | |
| blood | mamzi* | |
| bone | vwa* | |
| skin | xuCuwi* | |
| knee | idin* | |
| breast | gwakun* | |
| liver | kakur8iyin* | |
| water | yimu* | |
| fire | gwuku* | |
| sun | fiti* | |
| star | xuraLumuku* | |
| stone | fwala* | |
| mountain | mwi* | |
| tree | fuwi* | |
| leaf | baN* | |
| night | v3di* | |
| dog | xud3* | |
| fish | xurfu* | |
| louse | tindi* | |
| one | lim* | |
| two | sul* | |
| drink | se* | |
| see | xa* | |
| hear | fe* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- GudeAfro-Asiatic27% alike
- FaliAfro-Asiatic25% alike
- Jimi (Cameroon)Afro-Asiatic24% alike
- SharwaAfro-Asiatic23% alike
- Marghi SouthAfro-Asiatic18% alike
- NzanyiAfro-Asiatic17% alike
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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