The ASJP Database - Wordlist Beng

Wordlist Beng

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No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

1	I	I	Na	False
1	I	I	No	False
2	you	THOU	ka	False
3	we	WE	aNa	False
3	we	WE	aNo	False
4	this	THIS	bie	False
4	this	THIS	le	False
5	that	THAT	fe*	False
5	that	THAT	ke	False
6	who	WHO	de	False
8	not	NOT	ni	False
9	all	ALL	se	False
10	many	MANY	bleN	False
10	many	MANY	jeje	False
11	one	ONE	do	False
12	two	TWO	plaN	False
13	big	BIG	bama	False
13	big	BIG	bebe	False
14	long	LONG	blagada	False
14	long	LONG	gw~liNgw~liN	False
15	small	SMALL	fe	False
15	small	SMALL	kotile	False
16	woman	WOMAN	leN	False
16	woman	WOMAN	mama	False
17	man	MAN	go*	False
17	man	MAN	5a	False
18	person	PERSON	alama*deN	False
18	person	PERSON	na*	False
19	fish	FISH	ziN	False
20	bird	BIRD	sieN	False
21	dog	DOG	jeN	False
22	louse	LOUSE	tete	False
22	louse	LOUSE	yida	False
23	tree	TREE	yiri	False
24	seed	SEED	do	False
24	seed	SEED	wle	False
25	leaf	LEAF	lana	False
26	root	ROOT	neneN	False
26	root	ROOT	yiri ni	False
27	bark	BARK	koN	False
28	skin	SKIN	Ti*	False
29	flesh	FLESH	soN	False
30	blood	BLOOD	waN	False
31	bone	BONE	wele	False
32	grease	FAT (ORGANIC SUBSTANCE)	5olo	False
33	egg	EGG	fo*	False
34	horn	HORN (ANATOMY)	beN	False
35	tail	TAIL	piniN	False
36	feather	FEATHER	TeN	False
37	hair	HAIR	TeN	False
37	hair	HAIR	5opiN	False
38	head	HEAD	Nlu	False
39	ear	EAR	ma*	False
39	ear	EAR	tro*	False
40	eye	EYE	Ta	False
40	eye	EYE	yowle	False
41	nose	NOSE	5e	False
41	nose	NOSE	gw~iN si	False
42	mouth	MOUTH	ye	False
43	tooth	TOOTH	so	False
44	tongue	TONGUE	nanaN	False
45	claw	CLAW	koN	False
46	foot	FOOT	ga*	False
47	knee	KNEE	kw~o	False
48	hand	HAND	ku*	False
48	hand	HAND	wo	False
50	neck	NECK	lo	False
51	breast	BREAST	5o	False
52	heart	HEART	bluneN	False
53	liver	LIVER	bloN	False
54	drink	DRINK	mi	False
55	eat	EAT	ble	False
56	bite	BITE	pa	False
56	bite	BITE	sobi	False
57	see	SEE	Ta	False
57	see	SEE	ye	False
58	hear	HEAR	ma*	False
59	know	KNOW	do*	False
60	sleep	SLEEP	yi	False
61	die	DIE	ga	False
62	kill	KILL	de	False
63	swim	SWIM	yi do*	False
64	fly	FLY (MOVE THROUGH AIR)	pelo	False
65	walk	WALK	ya	False
66	come	COME	nu	False
68	sit	SIT	bleN ni ka	False
68	sit	SIT	teleNze	False
69	stand	STAND	do	False
70	give	GIVE	boya*	False
70	give	GIVE	bu	False
71	say	SAY	pe	False
71	say	SAY	sa*	False
72	sun	SUN	yigw~ye	False
73	moon	MOON	lolo	False
73	moon	MOON	mo	False
74	star	STAR	mo leN	False
75	water	WATER	yi	False
76	rain	RAINING OR RAIN	la	False
77	stone	STONE	gle	False
77	stone	STONE	gw~oN	False

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Glottocode: beng1286
ISO 639-3: nhb

Coordinates WGS84

7°50'N, 4°15'W
7.83, -4.25

number of speakers	17,000
status	alive

Classification

WALS: Man > Eastern Mande
Glottolog: Mande > Easternmande > Southeasternmande > Nwa Ben > Ben Gban > Bengic
Ethnologue: Niger Congo > Mande > Eastern > Southeastern > Nwa Ben > Ben Gban

Sources

Gottlieb and Murphy 1995: Beng-English dictionary. Indiana University Linguistics Club Publications.