Bobangi
Bobangi is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa, Congo - Brazzaville, and Central African Republic. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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The Bangi language, or Bobangi, is a relative and main lexical source of Lingala spoken in central Africa. Dialects of the language are spoken on both sides of the Ubangi and the Congo rivers.
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Words in Bobangi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | nyango | |
| father | sango | |
| child | mwana | |
| woman | mwenē | |
| name | lina | |
| eye | liso | |
| ear | litoi | |
| nose | zolo | |
| tooth | lino | |
| tongue | lolemu | |
| heart | motema | |
| skin | loposo | |
| knee | libolongo | |
| breast | libele | |
| liver | libale | |
| water | mai | |
| sky | likolo | |
| rain | mbula | |
| river | ebale | |
| tree | mwete | |
| leaf | zasa | |
| night | mokolo | |
| dog | mbwa | |
| one | moko | |
| two | mibale | |
| three | misato | |
| four | minei | |
| five | mitano | |
| we | biso | |
| come | ya |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
Grammar
- MboleAtlantic-Congo94% alike
- BaloboAtlantic-Congo92% alike
- Congo SwahiliAtlantic-Congo91% alike
- NdoboAtlantic-Congo90% alike
- TieneAtlantic-Congo89% alike
- Loi-LikilaAtlantic-Congo89% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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