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Word list name:Mamenyan (Bamenyam) 
Location of idiolect:West Province, Bamboutos Division, northwestGalim Subdivision, Bamenyam area; North WestProvince, southeast Mezam Division 
Country:Cameroon 
ISO 639-3 code:bce (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:74 
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 Mamenyan, the Ethnologue language name is Bamenyam, and the Ethnologue alternate language name is Mamenyan. 
 Bamenyam [bce] - Mamenyan (Bamenyam)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMALnɛ́à  
2003ARMPITnə̀-ɣɛ̂mə́  
3004ARROWmʊɔ́’+kɛ́t  
4005ASHESə̀-pfú  
5006ASK (A QUESTION)ń-dɔ́  
6007BAD (BE), TOmbɨ́  
7008BEANmə̀-kô  
8010BELLYnə́-pô  
9011BITEnɔ́V 
10012BUFFALOnát  
11014CALABASHtə̂  
12015CARVEŋ-kxɔ́  
13017CHILDmuɔ̂  
14018COME OUTfɛ̂  
15019COOL, BE(COME) TOnwɛ̂t  
16021COUNT: DRAW A LINEsié; ŋ-kjɔ́mě  
17023CRABkə́tɔ́’tɔ́’  
18024CROCODILEŋ-gǎ+ŋ-kjiě  
19026DEPTH  
20027DIE: DEATHḿ-pfə́  

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