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Word list name:Mbo Central (Bakaka) 
Location of idiolect:Littoral Province, Moungo Division, Nlonako,Manjo, west Loum, and south NkongsambaSubdivisions 
Country:Cameroon 
ISO 639-3 code:bqz (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:24 
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 Mbo Central, the Ethnologue language name is Bakaka, and the Ethnologue alternate language name is Central Mbo. 
 Bakaka [bqz] - Mbo Central (Bakaka)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
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1001ANIMALɲâm 
2003ARMPITmàʔ- 
3007BAD (BE), TOɛ̀bə̀pí màʔ 
4010BELLYá-bùm 
5011BITEá-kpálìV
6017CHILDmjǎ 
7027DIE: DEATHà-wə́ 
8032EAT, TOà-djě 
9036EYEd-ǐʔ 
10043CHICKEN/FOWLkúʔ 
11045GIVE, TOá-bə̀ 
12050HEADǹlwě 
13055LEG, FOOTé-kuə̀ 
14056LEOPARD (‘PANTHER’)ŋ́-guɔ̀ʔ 
15064NIGHT: DAY OF 24 HOURSbǐŋ 
16066PERSONmàʔ- (‘homo’) 
17080SHINE, BE LIGHT, BE WHITE TOépúbə; púbə 
18086SPEAK, TOa̍jàm 
19090STONE, ROCKà-lə́ 
20093TONGUE, LANGUAGEè-ɟə́m 

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