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Bende

Bende is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania, by about 27 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Bende · 6.2°S 30.6°E

Words in Bende

MeaningWordRomanization
womanmukeéma
personntu*
namena*
eyenso*
eartwi*
nose5indo*
toothno*
tonguelimi*
bloodlaso*
bonefuha*
kneegoti*
breastbele*
watermaansí
firelilo*
sunuba*
stonebwe*
treeti*
leafbwasi*
nightbufuku*
dogbwa*
fishsembe*
lousenda*
twoibili*
Iunne*
youugwe*
weufwe*
drink5wa*
seelola*
hearhulika*
diefwa*

* 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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