Serengeti-Dorobo language
| "Serengeti-Dorobo" | |
|---|---|
| Region | Tanzania |
| Extinct | 20th century |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
None (mis) |
| Glottolog |
sere1258[1] |
Serengeti-Dorobo (a nonce name) is an obscure "Dorobo" language, a few words of which were recorded in the late 19th century by Oscar Baumann. From the little data available, the language is not obviously related to any other. It is not the only "Dorobo" language formerly spoken in the Serengeti.
Data
A couple paragraphs are recorded, but without word-by-word translation. Numerals are as follows.
- 1 napu (kinavéta napó 'one cattle')
- 2 ennya
- 3 uni
- 4 ongwan
- 5 mot
- 6 lei
- 7 oner
- 8 sissie
- 9 naudó
- 10 gaget
- 15 gaget ax mot
- 20 tegenos
- 30 tegenos ax gaget
Notes
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Serengeti-Dorobo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Oscar Baumann (1894), Durch Massailand zur Nilquelle: Reisen und Forschungen der Massai-Expedition des deutschen Antisklaverei-Komite in den Jahren 1891–1893
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