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Example 59-365
vuko/voko (H L tones); vuko/voko (L M tones)
vuko/voko (H L tones); vuko/voko (L M tones)
be.dark/black/blue/green.etc.
be dark, black, blue, green, etc.
Comment:
There are three basic colours, as there are in other Ubangian languages. Colours are differentiated with ideophones and by other means, but there are few ideophones in Sango.
Type:
unknown
Source:
Bouquiaux et al. 1978
: 352
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
'Green' and 'blue': Identity
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