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Word list name:Gingwak (Jarawa) 
Location of idiolect:Bauchi, Adamawa, and Plateau States 
Country:Nigeria 
ISO 639-3 code:jar (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:93 
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 Gingwak, the Ethnologue language name is Jarawa, and the Ethnologue dialect name is Gingwak 
 Jarawa [jar] - Gingwak (Jarawa)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
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1001ANIMAL*n-bil; njam 
2003ARMPIT*hammata; takkap 
3004ARROW (<Hausa)kifiya 
4005ASHES*toka; tup 
5006ASK (A QUESTION)tambaya (H.); doar 
6007BAD (BE), TO*baʧi (H.); l ɓip 
7008BEAN*wake (H.); kun 
8009BEG (ASK FOR S.T.)doar 
9010BELLY*ʧiki; buŋ 
10011BITE*tum, numV
11012BUFFALOndak zum 
12013BUILD, TO (CF. SEW)gini 
13014CALABASHkum 
14015CARVEsassaka (H.) 
15016CHARCOALtun; *kal 
16017CHILDmun 
17018COME OUT*pur 
18019COOL, BE(COME) TOpoljit; *fwal 
19021COUNT: DRAW A LINEbal 
20022COW/CATTLEn-dak 

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