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Word list name:Ngwe Fontem (Ngwe) 
Location of idiolect:South West Province, Lebialem Division 
Country:Cameroon 
ISO 639-3 code:nwe (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:113 
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 Ngwe Fontem, the Ethnologue language name is Ngwe, and the Ethnologue alternate language name is Fontem. 
 Ngwe [nwe] - Ngwe Fontem (Ngwe)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMAL-ɲà bə̀-
2003ARMPITdè-gàgá /bə̀-  
3004ARROW-ŋ̀-kíɛ́t mɛ̀-
4005ASHESà-bˋə́ è-
5006ASK (A QUESTION)/tɔ́ŋ-té,ʧɯ́o-té/(!) [tɔ́ŋ-té] [ʧɯə́ré]  
6007BAD (BE), TO[tè-βɔ̀ŋ̀] [tè-bɔ̀ŋ]  
7008BEAN/--/ /bə̀-kpɔ́/
8009BEG (ASK FOR S.T.)[sɛ́n-té] (!) /sɛ́n-té/  
9010BELLYdè-bɛ̀m ǹ-
10011BITE[lúŋá]V/dúŋá/
11012BUFFALOǹ-nád, bə̀  
12013BUILD, TO (CF. SEW)bɔ́ɔ́  
13014CALABASH-ǹ-tú  
14015CARVEkɔ́ɔ́ tɔ́ŋá
15016CHARCOAL/--/, /ǹ-kxí/  
16017CHILDǹ-ŋwɔ́ è-bɔ́á
17018COME OUTtúŋá  
18019COOL, BE(COME) TOfə́-té  
19020CORPSEà-pfə́ è-
20021COUNT: DRAW A LINEzàá /sàŋé/ /sàŋré/ /zàá/

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