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Word list name:Megaka (Mengaka) 
Location of idiolect:West Province, Bamboutos Division, South GalimSubdivision, Bagam, Galim, and Bamendjing 
Country:Cameroon 
ISO 639-3 code:xmg (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:76 
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 Megaka, the Ethnologue language name is Mengaka, and the Ethnologue alternate language name is Megaka. 
 Mengaka [xmg] - Megaka (Mengaka)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMALn-záb  
2003ARMPITɣúbé(ŋɔ̌)  
3004ARROWkjírí  
4005ASHESpfó &  
5006ASK (A QUESTION)n-dóŋ; yɔ́ŋɔ́; kpé:  
6007BAD (BE), TOàpúpó  
7008BEANkúŋ  
8009BEG (ASK FOR S.T.)kpé:  
9010BELLYpfuɔ́ (ŋɔ̂)  
10011BITEnwóV 
11012BUFFALOnɛ́t  
12014CALABASHjʒɥóʔ+ntsě  
13015CARVEkwó  
14017CHILDmṍŋ  
15018COME OUTtfuó  
16019COOL, BE(COME) TOà fuó  
17021COUNT: DRAW A LINE‘sí  
18023CRABkáp  
19024CROCODILEŋ-gǎŋá kə́ká’ á  
20026DEPTH  

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