Zul
Zul is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria, by about 4,000 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Polci (Pəlci, Posə) is an Afro-Asiatic language of Bauchi State, Nigeria. It is part of the Barawa cluster, which is in turn part of the West Chadic language family.
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Words in Zul
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mbarime* | |
| name | sunye* | |
| eye | gere* | |
| ear | kume* | |
| nose | iCine* | |
| tooth | Sine* | |
| tongue | l3ka* | |
| hand | ame* | |
| blood | b3rani* | |
| bone | gule* | |
| skin | kuri* | |
| knee | gam3nvurumi* | |
| breast | nyini* | |
| liver | mbatli* | |
| water | male* | |
| fire | utu* | |
| sun | p3te* | |
| star | siNgesi* | |
| stone | tate* | |
| mountain | tland3r3* | |
| tree | kini* | |
| leaf | wali* | |
| night | gasi* | |
| dog | yere* | |
| fish | kwase* | |
| louse | takwarkwato* | |
| one | num* | |
| two | rob* | |
| I | ami* | |
| you | ki* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Buli (Bauchi State)Afro-Asiatic47% alike
- GyaaziAfro-Asiatic41% alike
- TalaAfro-Asiatic36% alike
- JuAfro-Asiatic34% alike
- Bu (Zaranda)Afro-Asiatic32% alike
- ZangwalAfro-Asiatic31% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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