Amba (Uganda)
Amba (Uganda) is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa and Uganda, by about 40.1 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Amba (also spelled Bulebule, Hamba, Humu, Kihumu, Ku-Amba, Kuamba, Lubulebule, Lwamba, Ruwenzori Kibira, and Rwamba) is a language spoken in parts of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo by the Amba people. The Amba people call it Kwamba and it is known as Kihumu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Amba has a 70% lexical similarity with Bera. Dialects include Kyanzi (Kihyanzi) and Suwa (Kusuwa).
There was once an Amba pidgin called Vamba, now extinct.
From Wikipedia · Amba language (Bantu) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Amba (Uganda)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mkpa* | |
| name | na* | |
| eye | iso* | |
| ear | toi* | |
| nose | lulu* | |
| tooth | No* | |
| tongue | daka* | |
| hand | boko* | |
| blood | gila* | |
| bone | nkue* | |
| skin | ngubu* | |
| knee | mEkulu* | |
| breast | bElE* | |
| water | bo* | |
| fire | kalo* | |
| sun | mane* | |
| star | taNataNa* | |
| stone | tale* | |
| tree | mele* | |
| leaf | kasa* | |
| night | kia* | |
| dog | mbwa* | |
| fish | asu* | |
| louse | se* | |
| one | moti* | |
| two | bale* | |
| I | Emi* | |
| you | uwE* | |
| we | besu* | |
| drink | nua* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- BeraAtlantic-Congo57% alike
- KaikuAtlantic-Congo50% alike
- BheleAtlantic-Congo45% alike
- Komo (Democratic Republic of Congo)Atlantic-Congo44% alike
- Kango (Tshopo District)Atlantic-Congo42% alike
- BilaAtlantic-Congo37% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · amba1263 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · rwm