Bangubangu
Bangubangu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa.
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Bangubangu is a Bantu dialect cluster spoken by the Bangubangu people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The dialects are about 80% similar, apart from Hombo which is only 70% similar to the main dialect. It is possible that they are distinct languages. Christine Ahmed (1995) classifies the small "Bangubangu of Mutingua" apart from the rest, with the Luba rather than Hemba languages; this is presumably a Hombo dialect.
One of the earliest scholars to study Bangubangu was A. E. Meeussen, who wrote a brief description of the grammar of the language as a result of a visit to the area in 1951.
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Words in Bangubangu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mbanda* | |
| name | ina* | |
| eye | iso* | |
| ear | uSu* | |
| nose | hEmbE* | |
| tooth | no* | |
| tongue | limi* | |
| hand | bo* | |
| blood | loho* | |
| bone | ufu* | |
| skin | sEba* | |
| knee | ngumba* | |
| breast | omE* | |
| liver | tima* | |
| water | Ema* | |
| fire | lilo* | |
| sun | juba* | |
| star | 5uni5uni* | |
| stone | bwEhE* | |
| mountain | gulu* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | bizi* | |
| night | tufu* | |
| dog | bwaha* | |
| fish | ulu* | |
| louse | gusu* | |
| one | bumE* | |
| two | bubuli* | |
| drink | toma* | |
| see | lola* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Hemba-YaziAtlantic-Congo52% alike
- ZimbaAtlantic-Congo43% alike
- BendeAtlantic-Congo36% alike
- KaondeAtlantic-Congo34% alike
- Enya-KisanganiAtlantic-Congo34% alike
- Luba-KatangaAtlantic-Congo31% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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