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Word list name:Nkwen Mandankwe (Mendankwe-Nkwen) 
Location of idiolect:North West Province, Mezam Division, BamendaCentral Subdivision, north and east of Bamenda,either side of Ring Road, and mountainous circle ofMenda Nkwe 
Country:Cameroon 
ISO 639-3 code:mfd (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:102 
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 Nkwen Mandankwe, the Ethnologue language name is Mendankwe-Nkwen. 
 Mendankwe-Nkwen [mfd] - Nkwen Mandankwe (Mendankwe-Nkwen)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMALǹ-nà mə̀-
2003ARMPITà-ɣáʔàrə́ ə̀-
3005ASHESà-bwɔ̂  
4006ASK (A QUESTION)bɪ́ŋ-sə̂  
5007BAD (BE), TObúnì  
6008BEAN-- mə̀-kûʔ
7010BELLYnə̀-bə̀mə̀  
8011BITElúŋ-ɔ̀ (!)V 
9012BUFFALOá-n-ʤɥà bə̀-n-
10013BUILD, TO (CF. SEW)bóŋ-ò (!)  
11014CALABASH-ɣə́rə́ bə̀-
12015CARVEkóŋ-ò (!)  
13016CHARCOALŋ̀-kìɛ̀  
14017CHILDmɔ́ɔ̀è-bɔ́ɔ̀  
15018COME OUTfú-ɔ̀ (!)  
16019COOL, BE(COME) TOfíɣ-ɛ̀ (!)  
17021COUNT: DRAW A LINEsɛ́ŋ-’ ɛ́ (!)  
18023CRAB-ká bə̀-
19025DANCE, TObɛ́nɛ̀ (!), à-bɛ́nɛ̀ ə̀-
20026DEPTH-- mə̀-ʃɥínə́-mə̀-ŋkjɛ́

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