Zulgo-Gemzek
Zulgo-Gemzek is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon, by about 26 thousand people.
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Zulgo-Gemzek is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects are Gemzek, Mineo, and Zulgo (Zəlgwa). Blench (2006) considers Zəlgwa-Minew and Gemzek to be distinct languages.
Zulgo-Gemzek only possesses two vowel phonemes: ə and a, one of the smallest vowel inventories of any language in the world.
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Words in Zulgo-Gemzek
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mburma* | |
| name | zl3m* | |
| eye | are* | |
| ear | zl3m* | |
| nose | hitir* | |
| tooth | zlir* | |
| tongue | arah* | |
| blood | m3mb3z* | |
| bone | atasl* | |
| skin | bagwa* | |
| knee | gwirmic* | |
| breast | g3zl3N* | |
| liver | kivir* | |
| water | yām | |
| fire | akwa* | |
| sun | pat* | |
| star | mawusawus* | |
| stone | beliN* | |
| mountain | kwite* | |
| tree | dizldaf* | |
| leaf | slambah* | |
| night | h3v3d* | |
| dog | k3ra* | |
| fish | kilif* | |
| louse | atecic* | |
| two | sula* | |
| I | ya* | |
| you | kaum* | |
| we | kwa* | |
| drink | sa* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- MereyAfro-Asiatic37% alike
- DugworAfro-Asiatic27% alike
- North GizigaAfro-Asiatic26% alike
- WuzlamAfro-Asiatic26% alike
- Mada (Cameroon)Afro-Asiatic25% alike
- MatalAfro-Asiatic21% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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