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Word list name:Jo (Ghomálá') 
Location of idiolect:West Province, most of Mifi Division (exceptextreme south and pockets north and west); MifiDivision, Bamendjou Subdivision; east MenouaDivision; a pocket in south Bamboutos Division 
Country:Cameroon 
ISO 639-3 code:bbj (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 Jo, the Ethnologue language name is Ghomálá', the Ethnologue dialect name is Ghomálá’ Central, and the Ethnologue alternate dialect name is Jo. 
 Ghomálá' [bbj] - Jo (Ghomálá')
#BNC
ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMALnɔ̂m  
2003ARMPITxiábtə́ ~ xiáptə́  
3004ARROWkhlá  
4005ASHESvə́  
5006ASK (A QUESTION)ló; tsátə́ ~ tsɛ́tə́  
6007BAD (BE), TOá pɔ̀g’  
7008BEANm-kǒ:  
8010BELLYvâm  
9011BITElə́mV 
10012BUFFALOniá  
11014CALABASHthɨ́+ʃě  
12015CARVEkə́m  
13017CHILD  
14018COME OUTtə́m  
15019COOL, BE(COME) TOxɥí  
16021COUNT: DRAW A LINEsɛ́  
17023CRABkɔ́m  
18024CROCODILEŋ-gɔ́  
19026DEPTHsíʃə̀  
20027DIE: DEATHpfɨ́  

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