Bembe
Bembe is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa and Tanzania. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Bembe (Kibembe or Ebembe) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Western Tanzania. According to Ethnologue, it forms a dialect continuum with the Lega language through Mwenga Lega.
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Words in Bembe
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ndu* | |
| ear | to* | |
| tooth | e5o* | |
| tongue | lami* | |
| hand | bo* | |
| blood | Si* | |
| bone | uwa* | |
| skin | ho* | |
| water | kye* | |
| stone | bwe* | |
| mountain | kolo* | |
| tree | te* | |
| leaf | saSi* | |
| night | kolo* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | eswe* | |
| one | mo* | |
| two | bele* | |
| I | inE* | |
| you | obe* | |
| we | bECu* | |
| drink | sol* | |
| see | mon* | |
| die | 7w* | |
| come | Cw* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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