Mimi of Nachtigal, or Mimi-N, is a language of Chad that is attested only in a word list labelled "Mimi" that was collected by Gustav Nachtigal. Nachtigal's data was subsequently published by Lukas & Voelckers (1938).

Classification Joseph Greenberg (1960) classified it as a Maban language, though a distant one. Subsequent researchers have supported a remote relationship, though there is little data to go on.

Basic vocabulary The more stable of Mimi-N and Mimi-D's attested vocabulary is as follows: glossMimi-NMimi-Dtwosønmeleyekaldyofiresoustonemuguruhandraisilwhatɲetadiedafayadrinkabandʒidogɲukmoonaɾclaw/nailferbloodarioneul-undegtoothziːkɲaineatɲyamhairfuːlsuf (Arabic?)watersun (Fur?)enginosehurfirmouthmilɲyoearkuyifeɾbirdkabal-abonekadʒisunseytreesukillkudumafootzaŋrephornkaminmeatneŋɲyueggdʒulutblackliwukheadkidʒ-ibonightlemfishgonasseeyakoe

See also

Mimi of Decorse Mimi of Nachtigal word list (Wiktionary)

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