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| sesar || sister || si/ut || sister || swésōr || sister
| sesar || sister || si/ut || sister || swésōr || sister
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| zanu || son || ʒ/ǯaʔ || son || suHnús || son
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| date || daughter || si/ut || daughter || dʰugh₂tḗr || daughter
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| dawa || husband || ḥawVy || husband || *daywe || husband's brother
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| exo || wife || ʾiššâ || wife || snúsos || daugter-in-law
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| pewud || child || w/yVd || child || nepeh₃t || grandson/nephew
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| vonu || one, 1 || ʾaħadu || one || (H)óynos || one
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| * || two, 2 || baʕiĉ̣ || two || dwóh₁ || two
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Revision as of 21:08, 21 February 2014


Nanyse is an old and dead language of the Dumun, the result of the melding of the Proto-Afroasiatic and Proto-Indoeuropean languages due to the enslavement of their speakers by the Byluza. Although it is no longer spoken, this language was the platform that the four current languages of the Dumun were built upon. A small, yet growing, movement has begun among the Jara to breathe new life into the language, but otherwise it is known only to scholars and historians.

Phonology

Morphology

Syntax

Vocabulary

Nanyse Vocabulary
Nanyse Word Nanyse Word Meaning Proto-Afroasiatic Word Afroasiatic Word Meaning Proto-Indoeuropean Word Proto-Indoeuropean Word Meaning
xynam name sim name h₁nómn̥ name
bedal because biğlal because *** ***
am if ʾim, if *** ***
kwa and wa and kʷe and
be with bi with pe with
pen in bi in (h₁?)en in
apy at ba at opi at
xewas left šimāl left sewyós left
delum right walyam right deḱs right
we far way far wi far
kærf near qâróv near *** ***
tuz dry kVʒ dry ters dry
eda wet daʔ wet wed wet
zed sharp ħadd sharp *h₂eḱ sharp
xero male ʒ/ǯa man wiHrós man
gamen female ʔamin woman gʷḗn woman
manica human being ga/ič(-aʔ) human being mánus human being
an ancestor *** *** h₂en- ancestor
pape father bab father ph₂tḗr father
mame mother ʔVma mother méh₂tēr mother
dedar brother di/ad brother bʰréh₂tēr brother
sesar sister si/ut sister swésōr sister
zanu son ʒ/ǯaʔ son suHnús son
date daughter si/ut daughter dʰugh₂tḗr daughter
dawa husband ḥawVy husband *daywe husband's brother
exo wife ʾiššâ wife snúsos daugter-in-law
pewud child w/yVd child nepeh₃t grandson/nephew
vonu one, 1 ʾaħadu one (H)óynos one
* two, 2 baʕiĉ̣ two dwóh₁ two
* three, 3 * * * *
* four, 4 * * * *
* five, 5 * * * *
* * * * * *