Kunama Awre Gala

Fode and Anagulu, Eritrea 1922

Asiti, Eritrea 1922

Asannay laga-sasa darka-kiše amelata maydid kaloyya.

Kekokambe?

Single standing verb in Kunama

Correction. Oloke - they come

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inna gata tamena maydoka kontibe?

Parts of speech with examples

Awra tame tafala kadadi gomme bubeye aftata keyte. Awre 1500 kalle metafemasi! Kotafeya awi weleysume.

Approve words = 1065.
Pending approval: 402 words.

Kunama grammar terminologies

Kunama extensively uses suffixes on nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs. Down below is an example of possessive suffixes.

"We" actually means something specific in Kunama.
In English and Tigrinya, "we" is vague. You would not know if you're included or excluded in that "we".

In Kunama:
Ame = we (but not you)
Kime = we (including you)

Imagine never having to clarify "wait, am I included?" again! 😄

Dual number exists
Kunama even has special pronouns for exactly TWO people:
Amme = the two of us (not you)
K***e = the two of us (you're one of them)

Languages shape how we think. Kunama thinks with precision and inclusion built right into the grammar.