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Word list name:Ya (Vaghat-Ya-Bijim-Legeri) 
Location of idiolect:Plateau state, Mangu LGA; Bauchi state, TafawaBalewa LGA. 10 villages 20 km south of TafawaBalewa 
Country:Nigeria 
ISO 639-3 code:bij (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:41 
Audio files:0 wav, 0 mp3 
Copyright:Kay Williamson 
Date elicited:Published 1971 (see Elsewhere published) 
Contributing researcher: 
Acknowledgements:Thanks to Roger Blench who submitted this data to ComparaLex 
Elsewhere published:The Benue-Congo Comparative Wordlist was originally published in Ibadan in two volumes edited by Kay Williamson and Kiyoshi Shimizu (Williamson and Shimizu 1968; Williamson 1973; see also Williamson 1971) 
Comments:The researcher labeled this language as Ya, the Ethnologue language name is Vaghat-Ya-Bijim-Legeri, and the Ethnologue dialect name is Ya 
 Vaghat-Ya-Bijim-Legeri [bij] - Ya (Vaghat-Ya-Bijim-Legeri)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic
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1001ANIMALmi-rrum
2004ARROWbi
3007BAD (BE), TOvishidaghi
4012BUFFALOjerr
5014CALABASHkwo(t)
6017CHILDfan
7022COW/CATTLEkalia
8025DANCE, TOndurr
9027DIE: DEATHkwija
10031EARku-ttu
11033EGGa-ʃibi
12034ELEPHANTlanʤenna
13036EYEi-jis
14043CHICKEN/FOWLnakurre
15046GO, WALK, TOonejaŋ
16049GUINEA-FOWLkwelkat
17050HEADʃi
18054KILL, TOaulma
19055LEG, FOOTku-bol
20056LEOPARD (‘PANTHER’)ʒier tam

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