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Word list name:Nyidu (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:62 
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 Nyidu, the Ethnologue language name is Etkywan, and the Ethnologue alternate language name is Nyidu. 
 Etkywan [ich] - Nyidu (Etkywan)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMALwe  
2004ARROWbuga  
3010BELLYmwadoɛ̃  
4012BUFFALOwiza  
5017CHILDɪmbwe  
6022COW/CATTLEwiza  
7024CROCODILEwizi (wi-zi)?  
8031EARto  
9033EGGkwie k,  
10034ELEPHANTwusu (wu-su ?)  
11036EYEfizi  
12038FAT, OIL, GREASEfwi, bzi  
13043CHICKEN/FOWLk~  
14050HEADfi  
15055LEG, FOOTfu tafin-fu
16060MEATwe  
17061MOULD TO*mbja̍; mbwe  
18063NAME*tī  
19064NIGHT: DAY OF 24 HOURSfitam, nɔ-fkeɛm (nɔ̃ = ‘sun)  
20066PERSONni-bi  

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