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
ama	I	ʾanā	I	éǵh₂(om), me	I
atu	you (sing)	atta	you	túh₂	you
hu	he	hú	he	*	*
weva	we	nəħna	we	wéy	we
uton	you (pl)	attōn	you	yū	you
hem	they	hum	they	*	*
kad	this	hāðē	this	kod	this
tad	that	hāhu	that	tód	that
una	here	hunā	here	*	*
unag	there	hunāka	there	*	*
manes	who	mannu	who	kʷis	who
mæ	what	mā	what	*	*
æge	where	ʾaykā	where	*	*
mofæ	when	mâθay	when	*	*
ægen	how	ʾaykan	how	*	*
na	not	ma	not	ne	not
dum	all	tVm	all	*	*
hal	many	HawVl	many	*	*
kalo	some	kmā	some	kaylo, solwo	some
adat	few	ḫədāṭ	few	*	*
ælfre	other	ʾaħér	other	h₂el-yó	other
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
kof	big	kabVr	big	*	*
lug	long	ĉaʔd	long	dluh₂gʰós	long
lefo	wide	rəħub	wide	*	*
fen	thick	ʿvīṭā	thick	bʰenǵʰ	thick
jalu	heavy	ɣaluč̣	heavy	gʷer(h₂)	heavy
ges	small	kus	small	mey	small
regos	short	qâṣâr	short	mreǵʰú	short
henga	narrow	qatnu	narrow	h₂enǵʰ	narrow
tanus	thin	rVḳ	thin	ténh₂us	thin
gamen	female	ʔamin	woman	gʷḗn	woman
xero	male	ʒ/ǯa	man	wiHrós	man
manica	human being	ga/ič(-aʔ)	human being	mánus	human being
pewud	child	w/yVd	child	nepeh₃t	grandson/nephew
exo	wife	ʾiššâ	wife	snúsos	daugter-in-law
dawa	husband	ḥawVy	husband	*daywe	husband's brother
mame	mother	ʔVma	mother	méh₂tēr	mother
pape	father	bab	father	ph₂tḗr	father
onem	animal	ʕum-ʕam	animal	*	*
ku	fish	bus	fish	dʰǵʰu	fish
sewa	bird	sabaḥ	bird	h₂éwis	bird
kor	dog	kayar	dog	ḱwṓ	dog
nyn	louse	ʔint	louse	knid	louse
sefan	snake	sVf	snake	h₂engwi	snake
rom	worm	dVm	worm	wr̥mi	worm
*	*	*	*	*	*
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
an	ancestor	***	***	h₂en-	ancestor
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
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