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Mantsi (also known as Ma’as or Mangas) is an endangered Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Mangas town in Bauchi State, Nigeria.[1] Blench (2020) reports that it is also called Mantsi. According to Blench, the structure of Mantsi differs significantly from the other South Bauchi languages.[2]
Mantsi | |
---|---|
People | mántsì |
Language | pʲìk mántsì |
Word lists of Mantsi had previously been published in Kiyoshi Shimizu's (1978) South Bauchi survey, which first mentioned the existence of the language.[3] An unpublished word list was also recorded by Ronald Cosper (n.d.).[4]
Mantsi speakers refer to their language as Pyik Mantsi [pʲìk mántsì], and to themselves as the Mantsi [mántsì] people. Although there are fewer than 1,000 speakers, the language is still being spoken by children.[2]
Mantsi is spoken in the single village of Mantsi (locally known as Maɗana [mánànā] or Ma’as [màʔās]) in the southern part of Bauchi LGA, Bauchi State. The Kir [Kyiir] and Laar peoples, who speak closely related but distinct languages, live just to the northeast of Mantsi village in the nearby villages of Kir and Laar, respectively.[2]
Mantsi belongs to the Kir branch of the South Bauchi languages. It is most closely related to Kir and Laar, as shown by the lexical comparisons below.[2]
Gloss | Mantsi | Kir | Laar |
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ash | múrə̀m | ŋúreŋ | ŋŋoro |
bird | ɗōōr | dot | ɗwoot |
blood | púrùm | pirə̀ŋ | firàŋ |
bone | gùl | gwàŋàl | gwaŋal |
fat | gìndɨ́r | yində̀r | yində̀r |
leg | wāsɨ̄m | wasəm | wasəm |
moon | pʲāŋ | pyaŋ | pyaŋ |
mountain | lamba | lamba | lamba |
stone | pʲār | pyat | pyat |
kill | túk | tuk | tuk |
Mantsi also has some lexical innovations, which are:
Gloss | Mantsi |
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fish | kʲáálòŋ |
night | dāːhùr |
path | da᷄n |
nine | krōmsā |
Mantsi has 3 level tones, as well as rising and falling contour tones.[2]
Number is not marked morphologically.[2]
Some Mantsi names of plants and animals:[2]
Mantsi numerals:[2]
Gloss | Mantsi |
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one | nə̄m |
two | ɗīːn |
three | wéːn |
four | úpsí |
five | tūːn |
six | màɣà |
seven | ɲíngí |
eight | gàːmfí |
nine | krōmsā |
ten | zúp |
eleven | sūlūŋ nə᷄m |
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