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Congo. [[a table with two columns]] [[first column]] Arm kōko 8 Boat (lūngo)^[[2]] 11 Breast ngūli 3 Beard (muēzi)^[[2]] dzēvu 9 body (etīmbɑ)^[[2]] itō 1 back (mobio'ngo) muongōlɑ 4 belly (īmu)^[[2]] kivū 10 bone ihīʃi 7 blood (so'nti)^[[2]] me'ngɑ 10 1/2 bread kikŭɑ'ngɑ 5 bird nūni (njīlɑ) 2 bad ɑmbīmb[[e?]] 6 black (kitekɑ'mɑ)^[[2]] 3 Chin (lundʒiēle)^[[2]] 1 Canoe ulu-ūngu 4 Cock tsūtsŭɑ kōlombo 2 child moɑ'nɑ 5 Door kiēlu 2 day kilu'mbi 3 death nfŭīli 6 drink (v.) mɑ:zɑ īnŏɑ 1 dance m`kīnu tu kwe'ndɑ 4 dead (oɑ:foɑ)^[[2]] 4 Eye dīsu 1 ear (kūtŏe)^[[2]] kūtu 3 egg diɑ'χi 2 eat īdĭɑ 5 eyebrow kīlu di oɑ:su [[second column]] 1 Face (kipɑ:lɑ)^[[2]] pōlo 3 fingers (muīni)^[[2]] mile'mbu 5 fire tūïɑ 6 fly (s) buɑ'nji, jīɑ 4 fish (mbīsh`) ngōlɑ 2 father (tɑti)^[[2]] sɑ'me 7 foot. omɑi' 3 Grass ji'pōnde 2 good mfumu-yɑmbōti 1 god zɑ'mbi 2 Head mūntŭe 3 Heart mtʃīmɑ, mbū[[r?]]dō 6 house nzō 5 hog ngūlū hen tsūtsu (shūs`)^[[2]] 1 hair tsūki; (mūsī'ngɑ) 4 heaven (mīru)^[[2]] 2 Iron kitɑ:li 1 I (ɑ'me)^[[2]] 2 Knife fēli 1 king (sōmɑ)^[[2]] pūmbɑ sɑ'mbɑ 3 Leg kūlu 4 lightning nzɑ'ji 2 leaf nukɑ:yɑ 1 land (mīmbo)^[[2]]
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1. This document makes an important distinction between two different ways of writing the letter a (a vs. ɑ), even in the case of diacritic marks. DO NOT disregard this distinction. Enter the appropriate character if it appears without diacritics. For [[macron over "ɑ"]], enter "ɑ:". For [[macron over "a"]], enter "ɔ:". For [[breve "ɑ"]], enter "æ". For [[breve "a"]], enter "ă".
2. The apostrophe-like characters that appear above/just after some letters are stress marks that follow the stressed syllable. They can be represented with a single quote/apostrophe.
3. Some letters have what appears to be a vertical tilde underneath. These indicate nasal pronunciation but how they should be typed depends on the letter. Vowels can be represented by the tilde diacritic over that vowel except in the case of ɑ and ʊ. These can be represented as [[tilde "ɑ"]] and [[tilde "ʊ"]]. When this symbol appears under an "n" it represents the nasal "n" as in sang, and it should be entered as "ŋ", NOT "ñ" which represents a different sound. When it appears under a c, it is NOT a c-cedilla, but instead refers to the sh sound which is represented by the modern symbol "ʃ".