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Word list name:Lower Kenyang (Kenyang) 
Location of idiolect:South West Province, Manyu Division, MamfeCentral and Upper Banyang subdivisions, aroundand southwest of Mamfe; Kupe-MuanengubaDivision, west corner of Nguti Subdivision 
Country:Cameroon 
ISO 639-3 code:ken (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:88 
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 Lower Kenyang, the Ethnologue language name is Kenyang, and the Ethnologue dialect name is Lower Kenyang 
 Kenyang [ken] - Lower Kenyang (Kenyang)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMALɲ́-ɲà  
2003ARMPITɛ̀:-wáp  
3004ARROWŋ̀-kát  
4005ASHESβa̍-twɔ́p  
5006ASK (A QUESTION)βə̀p  
6007BAD (BE), TObɛbɛp  
7010BELLYnɛ́-ɲɛ́  
8011BITEnɛ́mV 
9012BUFFALOm̀-fɔ́ŋ  
10013BUILD, TO (CF. SEW)tèé  
11014CALABASHɛ̀-tə̂; nɛ́-βɔ̀k  
12015CARVEbàŋ  
13017CHILDmɔ́  
14018COME OUT  
15019COOL, BE(COME) TObɛ́-kwɛ̂n  
16021COUNT: DRAW A LINE*βɛ́pâ  
17024CROCODILEɲ́-ɲòŋ  
18025DANCE, TOβɛ́n  
19027DIE: DEATH  
20028DIVIDE, SHARE OUT, TOkɔ́-rɛ́  

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