Chikunda
Chikunda is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, by about 157 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kunda (Chikunda) is a Bantu language of Zimbabwe, with some thousands of speakers in Zambia and Mozambique.
There is an extinct pidgin Chikunda once used for trade.
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Words in Chikunda
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nthu* | |
| name | cina* | |
| eye | so* | |
| ear | khutu* | |
| nose | phuno* | |
| tooth | no* | |
| tongue | lime* | |
| blood | gazi* | |
| bone | pfupa* | |
| skin | khanda* | |
| knee | bondo* | |
| breast | camu* | |
| liver | lopa* | |
| water | aci* | |
| fire | moto* | |
| sun | cuba* | |
| star | nyenyezi* | |
| stone | wala* | |
| mountain | phiri* | |
| tree | tengo* | |
| leaf | camba* | |
| night | siku* | |
| dog | bwaya* | |
| fish | somba* | |
| louse | sawawa* | |
| one | moci* | |
| two | biri* | |
| drink | mwa* | |
| see | ona* | |
| hear | mva* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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