Nanyse

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.

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
bwash	two, 2	baʕiĉ̣	two	dwóh₁	two
xæyas	three, 3	šalāš	three	tréyes	three
tworba	four, 4	ʾarbaʿ	four	kʷetwóres	four
uben	five, 5	ḫ/ḥup/bin	five	pénkʷe	five
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