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Word list name:Kentu (Etkywan) 
Location of idiolect:Taraba state, Takum, Sardauna, Bali, and part of Wukari LGAs 
Country:Nigeria 
ISO 639-3 code:ich (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:65 
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 Kentu, the Ethnologue language name is Etkywan, and the Ethnologue alternate language name is Kentu. 
 Etkywan [ich] - Kentu (Etkywan)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMALu-we  
2004ARROWbəgã  
3006ASK (A QUESTION)bi  
4010BELLYamibɔ̃  
5011BITEV 
6012BUFFALOwukɓɛ̃  
7013BUILD, TO (CF. SEW)mwɛ  
8017CHILDŋwɛ  
9022COW/CATTLEɪndoa  
10024CROCODILEwuze (wu-ze)  
11031EAR(a)to  
12033EGGhwe kə,  
13034ELEPHANTwugja (wu-gja)  
14036EYEfuzu  
15038FAT, OIL, GREASEafwe, bzi  
16043CHICKEN/FOWL  
17046GO, WALK, TOnja  
18050HEADa-ʧu  
19051HEARTsur-ku  
20054KILL, TOwu  

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