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Word list name:Eggon 1 (Eggon) 
Location of idiolect:Nassarawa state, Nasarawa Eggon, Akwanga, Lafia, Awe, and Obi LGAs 
Country:Nigeria 
ISO 639-3 code:ego (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:40 
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 Eggon 1, the Ethnologue language name is Eggon. 
 Eggon [ego] - Eggon 1 (Eggon)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMALe-be ~ -bje 
2004ARROWa-bia 
3010BELLYi-kpiki 
4012BUFFALOe-sie 
5017CHILDan-gwe 
6031EARo-to 
7033EGGe-ʒie-
8034ELEPHANTe-zi 
9036EYEe-ji 
10038FAT, OIL, GREASEe-be, a-maisi 
11043CHICKEN/FOWLe-ni 
12050HEADli-ʃi 
13051HEARTe-sõ 
14055LEG, FOOTa-daga 
15056LEOPARD (‘PANTHER’)e-gbie 
16060MEATe-be ~ e-bje 
17064NIGHT: DAY OF 24 HOURSʧuʧuku, e-lulum 
18065FAN PALM (BORASSUS AETHIOPUM)də́dár; 
19065.1OIL PALM (ELAEIS GUINEENSIS)də́dár; ʃíʃí [n.c.] 
20066PERSONa-ringhimarekufo

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