Mimi of Nachtigal
# Mimi of Nachtigal

Mimi of Nachtigal, or Mimi-N, is a language of Chad that is attested only in a word list labelled "Mimi" that was collected ca. 1870 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:

| gloss | Mimi-N | Mimi-D |
| - | - | - |
| two | søn | mel |
| eye | kal | dyo |
| fire | | sou |
| stone | | muguru |
| hand | rai | sil |
| what | | ɲeta |
| die | | dafaya |
| drink | ab | andʒi |
| dog | ɲuk | |
| moon | | aɾ |
| claw/nail | | fer |
| blood | ari | |
| one | ul-un | deg |
| tooth | ziːk | ɲain |
| eat | | ɲyam |
| hair | fuːl | suf (Arabic?) |
| water | sun (Fur?) | engi |
| nose | hur | fir |
| mouth | mil | ɲyo |
| ear | kuyi | feɾ |
| bird | kabal-a | |
| bone | kadʒi | |
| sun | | sey |
| tree | | su |
| kill | | kuduma |
| foot | zaŋ | rep |
| horn | | kamin |
| meat | neŋ | ɲyu |
| egg | | dʒulut |
| black | | liwuk |
| head | kidʒ-i | bo |
| night | | lem |
| fish | | gonas |
| see | | yakoe |
