Lamnso
| Nsɔ (Lamnsɔ ') | ||
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Spoken in |
Cameroon | |
| speaker | 125,000 in Cameroon (1987) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
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The Lamnso (own name Lamnsɔ ' ) is the language of the Nso people from Cameroon .
A few also live in Nigeria . Lamnso is a grassland language with ten main nominal classes. The ISO 639-3 code is lns. This language is still spoken by over 100,000 people.
Phrases
- Beri wo: Thank you
- Wikijung: You are welcome.
- A saka: How are you?
- Saka yo dzə: Nothing new, or M bo sa: Good
- Ira nia: Good morning.
- A saka mbuni ?: How was your sleep?
- Aresi nia: Good afternoon.
- E ginia: Good evening.
- Buni kijung: Sleep well.
- A ber ni kibveshi: See you tomorrow.
- Jemse jungsi: Sweetie.
- Wuna wosa: You too.
- Nyuy servi wo: God bless you.
- Vishi vejungvi: Good luck.
- Ghan kijung. Safe journey.
- Fo mo: give me.
- A du fe ?: Where are you going?
- Yir yee dzə la ?: What's your name?
- Yir yem dzə Luckong: My name is Luckong´.
- A dzə wan la ?: Which parents do you belong to?
- M dzə wan Emma: I am Emma's child.
- Fon Nso dze la ?: What is the name of the traditional Nso head?
- Jing yar mo: I'm hungry.
- Ki loung ki yum mo: I'm thirsty.
- M kong wo: I love you.
Animal names
- baar: leopard
- jwi: dog
- kan: monkey
- kitam: elephant
- mbvèreh: lion
- shishuuiy: Duica
- bvey: Goat
noun
- shuy: sun
- midzev: water
- ngwa: book
- narnar: pineapple
- wunlav: house
- kitukelav: fireplace
- nsarlav: floor
- shulav: door
- nta: chair
- gham: rugs
- tone: saucepan
- long: plate
- bar: glass
Adjectives
- lum: hot
- rə: cold
bibliography
- McGarrity, Laura and Botne, Robert (2001). Between Agreement and Case Marking in Lamnso (PDF; 520 kB). IUWPL 3: Explorations in African Linguistics: From Lamnso 'to Sesotho (2001), edited by Robert Botne and Rose Vondrasek, pp. 53-70. Bloomington, IN: Noun classes and categorization: Proceedings of a symposium on categorization and noun classification, Eugene, Oregon, October 1983 . Amsterdam: J. Benjamin.
Web links
- Lamnso '(Nso) language map from the multitree project
- Information about the Lamnso language from the multi-tree project
- ISO 639 code from SIL.
- SIL language entry.
- ODIN language entry.