Bena
Bena is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania.
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Bena is a Bantu language spoken by the Bena people of the Iringa region of Tanzania.
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Words in Bena
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | munu* | |
| name | tawa* | |
| eye | ho* | |
| ear | sihitsa* | |
| nose | mula* | |
| tooth | no* | |
| tongue | mianNgo* | |
| hand | gansa* | |
| blood | danda* | |
| bone | tsege* | |
| skin | 5iNgo* | |
| knee | fugamilo* | |
| liver | tima* | |
| water | luleenga | |
| fire | moto* | |
| sun | suva* | |
| star | tondwe* | |
| stone | gaNga* | |
| mountain | dunda* | |
| tree | bihi* | |
| leaf | hanso* | |
| night | kilo* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | somba* | |
| louse | sosolo* | |
| one | himwiNga* | |
| two | viwili* | |
| I | ne* | |
| you | ve* | |
| we | hwe* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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