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Word list name:Yemba Bafou 1 (Yemba) 
Location of idiolect:West Province, Menoua Division, Dschang area 
Country:Cameroon 
ISO 639-3 code:ybb (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 Yemba Bafou 1, the Ethnologue language name is Yemba, and the Ethnologue alternate language name is Bafou. 
 Yemba [ybb] - Yemba Bafou 1 (Yemba)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMAL  
2003ARMPITlə́-ɣàptĩ  
3004ARROWlə̀-kùŋ+kiɛ́t  
4005ASHESá-’vɔ́  
5006ASK (A QUESTION)lɔ́, zə́tə́  
6007BAD (BE), TOá’pə́g’  
7008BEANmə́-kʊ̀  
8010BELLYlə́-və̂m  
9011BITEń-dú (inf.)V 
10012BUFFALOnà- nɛ́t  
11014CALABASHɛ́-’tiɔ́  
12015CARVEkɔ́  
13017CHILDmɔ́  
14018COME OUTtúɔ́  
15019COOL, BE(COME) TOŋwɛ́  
16021COUNT: DRAW A LINEsáŋ(á)  
17023CRABkâmbúŋ  
18024CROCODILEŋ́-gá+n-tsí  
19026DEPTHə́-’sɛ́  
20027DIE: DEATHkfɨ́  

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