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Lamnso (also written Lamnso') is the language of the Nso people of Cameroon. It is a Bantu language with ten major noun classes.[1]
[edit] Phrases
- Beri wo. Thank you.
- A saka? What news? (Greeting).
- Saka yo dzə. No news (Reply).
- Nyuy servi wo. God bless you (Greeting).
- Fo mo. Give me.
- A du fe? Where are you going?
- Yir yee dzə la? What is your name?
- Yir yem dzə Luckong. My name is Luckong
- A dzə wan la? Whose child are you?
- M dzə wan Emma. I am Emma's child
- Fon Nso dze la? Who is the Traditional ruler of Nso?
[edit] Bibliography
- McGarrity, Laura and Botne, Robert (2001). Between Agreement and Case Marking in Lamnso. 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. Benjamins.
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