BORO (†)
The Boro language
disappeared in the nineteenth century is only known from an article by Seidel (1898) which
gives a fragmentary vocabulary repeated by Westermann
(1922) who also gives the names of the days of the week, apparently from
Mischlisch.
These references are;
Seidel, A. 1898. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der
sprachen in Togo. Zeitschrift für
Afrikanische und Ozeanische Sprachen,
4:201-286.
Westermann, D. 1922. Vier
Sprachen aus Mitteltogo: Likpe, Bowili, Akpafu und Adele, nebst einigen Resten
der Borosprachen. Mitteilungen des
Seminars für orientalische Sprachen, 25:1-59.
The words given
by Seidel are;
|
Boro |
German |
English |
|
keló |
Mann, Mond |
Man, moon [!] |
|
vrū́e |
Gott |
God |
|
vrū́a |
Wind |
Wind |
|
tatá |
Vater |
Father |
|
ési |
Frau |
Woman |
|
keló |
Hand |
Hand |
|
līzíṅ |
Haus |
House |
|
bōsṓ |
Wasser |
Water |
|
āsakasú |
Ziege |
Nanny-goat |
|
ōvṓ |
Schaf |
Sheep |
|
ātámisū |
Huhn |
Hen |
|
āyínā |
Brennholz |
Firewood |