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Word list name:East Oroko (Oroko) 
Location of idiolect:South West Province, Meme Division, KumbaSubdivision, west, north, and south of Kumba;Ndian Division, east Ekondo-Titi Subdivision 
Country:Cameroon 
ISO 639-3 code:bdu (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:65 
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 East Oroko, the Ethnologue language name is Oroko, and the Ethnologue alternate language name is Oroko-East. 
 Oroko [bdu] - East Oroko (Oroko)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMALɲâmà  
2003ARMPITmô:tʊ̀; *mò-tò bà-
3007BAD (BE), TOàbèβí  
4010BELLY  méà
5011BITEdí-kpɛ̀lɛ̀V 
6017CHILDŋáná  
7027DIE: DEATHdì-wá  
8032EAT, TOdì-lá ~ dì-dá  
9036EYEd-ísɔ́; dísɔ́  
10043CHICKEN/FOWLkúwá (pl.)  
11045GIVE, TOdí-ɲàŋgɛ̀ ~ lí-  
12050HEADmɔ̀rófó~mɔ̀lófó  
13055LEG, FOOTŋéndé  
14060MEATɲâm  
15062MOUNT, TO*fòtóá  
16063NAME*dí-ná mí-
17064NIGHT: DAY OF 24 HOURS*bù-lˋú *bí-ɲá mù mí-
18065FAN PALM (BORASSUS AETHIOPUM)lí-já mí-
19065.1OIL PALM (ELAEIS GUINEENSIS)lí-já mí-
20066PERSONmô:tʊ̀; *mò-tò bà-

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