African Words, Numerals, and Sentences
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(Used by Former Slaves in Georgia and South Carolina in the 1890s)
Taken from John W. Blassingame,
“The Slave Community,”
(c) 1979, Oxford Community Press.,
Appendix II
Table I: African Words
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alligator ngundo hoe sengo
baby mauna hog gooloo
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back nema horse valo
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banana biteba house dro; nzo; bindu
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beads nzeembo knife mbala
bear nzow land nte; nsetu
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beard njavo lie gange
belly vomo love zola
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skin seat cando; conda man (young) tucka; mayuc’kala
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bird noona man (white) feata
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boat coombay man (colored) feta
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boy muana tucka meat zimbezy
bread dimpa money nzeembo
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butterbeans mongongo monkey cawah
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butterfly lumpungo moon gonda
cat boomba; mboomba partridges goomba; kimbimbe
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chickens susu peach ncepho
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cities mbamba peanuts gooba; drangay
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cloth nlilly peas madaza; zangy
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clouds ma tute pipe torida
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coon bungee pot canzo
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corn massa; massango rabbit loomba
coconut lombo rain mvoola
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cow gomby rock matade
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dance zacccomma sense gangu
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dead fuedy sheep mamamy
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deer paccasa; mibunga shoulder vambo
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devil doky sky zulu
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dirt ntoto snakes neoka
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doctor ganga spider sembe
dog boa squirrel gemo; conka
ear kootoo stars birtity
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eyes maso steel weer
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fire bazo; tuvia sun tango; muany
fish golla sweet potatoes zeembala
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fly pesse teeth mano
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foot tamby tobacco soonga
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fox coomba water lango; maza
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give me kala watermelon malengy
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gun cully whiskey malavo
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hair suky; truky women canto
hand corko women old bauba
head ntu women (young) ndoomba
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Table II: African Numerals
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1: corse 20: makamorly
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2: corla 21: makamorly enwano
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3: kootatoo 22: makamorly ezoly
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4: kooya 23: makamorly etatoo
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5: kootano 24: makamorly eya’
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6: koosambano 25: makamorly etano
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7: tambwody 26: makamorly esambano
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8: nana 27: makamorly ensambody
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9: evwa 28: makamorly enana
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10: koome 29: makamorly evwa
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11: koome emorse 30: makomatatoo
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12: koome enzole 40: makomaya
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13: koome entate 50: makomatano
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14: koome eya’ 60: makomasambano
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15: koome entano 70: lusambody
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16: koome ensambano 80: luovwa
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17: koome ensambody 90: lunana
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18: koome enana 100: kama
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19: koome evwa
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Table III: Sentences Employing African Words
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Ukola? How do you do?
Quer quenda? Where are you going?
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Pahnam bezy. Give me some meat.
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Wenda twas mona kona keamvo. Carry me across the river.
Vo vonda ngondo. Kill that alligator.
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Sheka. Shoot him.
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Borkala. Call him.
Weeza. Come here.
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Zola ana aku? Do you love your children?
Inga (or yinga). Yes.
Gogomby. No (or, Go away).
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Yala kayala. He is very sick.
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Wenda baka ganga. Go bring the doctor.
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Fuedy. He is dead.
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A canto ana yaku? How many wives have you?
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Kutatu. Three.
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Ungaya muana ngo? Have you seen any lions?
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Noka kunoka. It is going to rain.
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Wenda banga tevia. Go build a fire.
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Muany yama. The sun is hot.
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Unga gwaku wona yaku ungayi? Are you living with your mother?
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Yala Where pains you?
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Ntu bwanga. My head aches.
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Nzala. I am hungry.
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Mano ganze. My tooth aches.
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Ruaka mbala. I cut him with a knife.
A kway tukiddy? How far away does he live?
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Wuto Coonawany. I was born in Coonawany.
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Mazo Mazema. He is blind.
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