Nanyse

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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.

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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 he * *
weva we nəħna we wéy we
uton you (pl) attōn you 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
what 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
* heavy ɣaluč̣ heavy gʷer(h₂) heavy
* small kus small mey small
* short * * mreǵʰú short
* narrow * * h₂enǵʰ narrow
* thin rVḳ thin ténh₂us thin
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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
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