African_Languages

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ATR (advanced tongue root)

-ATR: ’ – -d ’; -d

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+ATR: di ’ – mi-di ’; wu-di ’ .

(< ): [mp], [mb], [mf], [nt], [ns], [ t ], [ d ], [ k], [ g]

n.

nfónj ’; nco ’; nkòbá

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nban ’; ndògobelén

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’ – d ’

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kpa ’ – gba ’

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lu ’ – lu ’

jama ’

jama ’

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wà	m	gbl gbakla gb		kl	ku
3PL.PRF
Pron	n	adj	adv	dtm	v

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!Xóõ ( )

ôo ‘get stuck’	bilabial
âa ‘die’	dental
k! áã ‘be seated’	alveolar
a ‘shoot you’	palatal
àa ‘not to be’	lateral

!Xóõ

qaa !a i ’a Boro xao ’a asa !a oi ’ an isu !a

ku alute tu u umate ci dao ts oe ku.

ei m ka ba ’ te !gõ !g ’ma i e asa i

beku um ci a te i ce ce ! u ts oe bi u a a ioa ba ma ute.

ei m sa ce te bu ei ba n’se a aqisa i gõ ce t kã ce e be kele i ei ’ an ce.

Long ago !a i and Boro xao went hunting after wildebeest at Kang, whose tracks they had seen in the road. When the two were leaving Taketshwane they saw aasa and he told them of a young springbook which was at the water hole, whose hoof was hurt and who was not able to run. They agreed to go to it wanting to kill it and sell its skin to the whiteman’s store at Kang.