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Word list name:Yemba Bafou 2 (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:107 
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 2, the Ethnologue language name is Yemba, and the Ethnologue alternate language name is Bafou. 
 Yemba [ybb] - Yemba Bafou 2 (Yemba)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMAL-na mə̀-
2003ARMPITlɛ̀-ɣàpté mə̀-
3004ARROWlə̀-kɔ̀ŋ mə̀-
4005ASHESà-vó  
5006ASK (A QUESTION)ń-zɛ́té  
6007BAD (BE), TOtè-pɔ̀ŋ  
7008BEAN-- mə̀-kò
8010BELLYlə̀-və̀m  
9011BITEná-ń-’ʤáV 
10012BUFFALO-nàŋgàp mə̀-
11013BUILD, TO (CF. SEW)bɔ́ (!)  
12014CALABASHá-tỳə́ é-
13015CARVEfɔ́k (!); ŋ́-kɔ́ɔ́té; ń-zíptí  
14016CHARCOALŋ̀-kí mɛ̀-ŋ-
15017CHILDmɔ́ è-bɔ̀ŋ-kxə́
16018COME OUTtúɔ́ (!)  
17019COOL, BE(COME) TOkɔ́ŋá (!)  
18020CORPSEà-pfə́ mə̀-
19021COUNT: DRAW A LINEsáŋá (!) kìá (!)  
20023CRAB-ka+m-bù mə̀-

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