Nso language
Lamnso (Lamnsɔ’) is the language of the Nso people of Cameroon. A few may remain in Nigeria. It is a Grassfields language with ten major noun classes.[1] The ISO 639-3 code is lns.[2] This language is spoken by about over 100,000 people.[1]
Phrases
- Beri wo. Thank you. (Deutsch: Danke)
- Wikijung. You are welcome.
- A saka? What news? (Greeting). (Deutsch: Wie Gehts?)
- Saka yo dzə. No news (Reply) OR M bo sa. I am fine. (Deutsch: Gut)
- Ira nia. Good morning.
- A saka mbuni. How did you sleep?
- Aresi nia. Good afternoon.
- E ginia. Good evening.
- Buni kijung. Sleep well.
- A ber ni kibveshi. Good bye until tomorrow.
- Jemse jungsi. Sweet dreams.
- Wuna wosa. And to you.
- Nyuy servi wo. God bless you (Greeting). (Deutsch: Gott segne dich)
- Vishi vejungvi. Good luck.
- Ghan kijung. Safe journey.
- Fo mo. Give me. (Deutsch: Gib mir)
- A du fe? Where are you going? (Deutsch: Wo gehen Sie hin?)
- Yir yee dzə la? What is your name? (Deutsch: Wie heißen Sie?)
- Yir yem dzə Luckong. My name is Luckong. (Deutsch: Meine Name ist Luckong)
- A dzə wan la? Whose child are you? (Deutsch: Zu welchen Eltern gehören Sie?)
- M dzə wan Emma. I am Emma's child. (Deutsch: Ich bin das Kind von Emma)
- Fon Nso dze la? Who is the Traditional ruler of Nso? (Deutsch: Wie heißt der Nso Oberhaupt?)
- Jing yar mo. I am hungry.
- Ki loung ki yum mo. I am thirsty.
- M kong wo. I love you.
Animal names
- baar; leopard
- jwi: dog
- kan: monkey
- kitam: elephant
- mbvèreh: lion
- shishuuiy: duica
- bvey: goat
Other nouns
- shuy: sun
- midzev: water
- ngwa: book
- narnar: pineapple
- wunlav: house
- kitukelav: roof
- nsarlav: floor
- shulav: door
- nta: chair
- gham: rug
- ton: cooking pot
- lang: plate
- bar: glass
Adjectives
References
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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