The ASJP Database - Wordlist Nyam

Wordlist Nyam

Showing 1 to 37 of 37 entries

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

1	I	I	n	False
2	you	THOU	ki	False
2	you	THOU	kyi	False
3	we	WE	7an	False
11	one	ONE	modo	False
12	two	TWO	puluk	False
18	person	PERSON	mun	False
19	fish	FISH	ky~ilbo	False
21	dog	DOG	7ida	False
22	louse	LOUSE	7apiri	False
23	tree	TREE	toN	False
25	leaf	LEAF	nyom	False
30	blood	BLOOD	tomo	False
31	bone	BONE	7eri	False
34	horn	HORN (ANATOMY)	sogom	False
39	ear	EAR	kumo	False
40	eye	EYE	7ido	False
41	nose	NOSE	7isin	False
43	tooth	TOOTH	7oksi	False
44	tongue	TONGUE	dago	False
47	knee	KNEE	zulum	False
48	hand	HAND	la	False
51	breast	BREAST	wedi	False
53	liver	LIVER	tenzi	False
57	see	SEE	nai	False
58	hear	HEAR	gaN	False
61	die	DIE	mud	False
66	come	COME	to	False
72	sun	SUN	peri	False
74	star	STAR	silo	False
75	water	WATER	7amzi	False
77	stone	STONE	7oi	False
82	fire	FIRE	wuri	False
85	path	PATH	lew7idaNa	False
86	mountain	MOUNTAIN	7oi	False
92	night	NIGHT	pidi	False
100	name	NAME	simo	False

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Coordinates WGS84

9°10'N, 10°50'E
9.17, 10.83

number of speakers	100
status	alive

WALS: AA > West Chadic
Glottolog: Afro Asiatic > Chadic > Westchadic > Westchadica > Westchadica.2 3 > Westchadica.2 > Boleic > Unclassifiedboleic
Ethnologue: Afro Asiatic > Chadic > West > A > A.2 > Bole > Boleproper

Andreas 2012: Grammatische Beschreibung des Nyam - eine westtschadische Minoritätensprache. Frankfurt am Main: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität doctoral dissertation.