Nso language

Nsɔ
Lamnsɔ’
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	240,000 in Cameroon (2005)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Grassfields Ring Nsɔ
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`lns`
Glottolog	`lamn1239`^[2]

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. The ISO 639-3 code is lns. This language is spoken by about over 100,000 people.^[3]

Phrases

Beri wo. Thank you. (Deutsch: Danke)
Wikijung. You are welcome.
A sahka? What news? (Greeting). (Deutsch: Wie Gehts?)
Sah ka yo dzə. No news (Reply) OR M bo sa. I am fine. (Deutsch: Gut)
yirannia. Good morning.
A sahka mbuni. How did you sleep?
Aresi nia. Good afternoon.
yi 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 sævi 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 long ki yum mo. I am thirsty.
M kong wo. I love you.

Animal names

baar; leopard
jwi: dog
kan: monkey
kitam: elephant
bvèreh: lion
shishuiy: duica
bvey: goat
njii: sheep
nyaar: buffalo
buhn: squirrel
yo o: serpent
kinchiiy: cricket
tah ngam: spider
ngam: tarantula
kuurra: hyena

Other nouns

shuy: sun
midzev: water
ngwa: book
nanar: pineapple
lav: house
kitukelav: roof
nsaalav: floor
shulav: door
ntah: chair
gham: rug
nton: cooking pot
lang: plate
bar: Cup

Adjectives

lum: hot
rə : cold

References

↑ Nsɔ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Lamnso'". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ paul peek. "Lamnso". Flw.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.

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.