Chonyi-Dzihana-Kauma
Chonyi-Dzihana-Kauma is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Kenya.
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Chonyi (Chonyi, Kichonyi, Chichonyi) is a Bantu language spoken along the eastern coast of Kenya in Kilifi County by the Chonyi people. It is part of the Mijikenda dialect cluster.
In 2019, there were an estimated 310,000 speakers. Of these, 39,000 spoke the Jibana dialect (Chidzihana) and 71,000 the Kauma dialect (Chikauma).
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Words in Chonyi-Dzihana-Kauma
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | thu* | |
| name | cina* | |
| eye | cico* | |
| ear | sikiro* | |
| nose | phula* | |
| tooth | cino* | |
| tongue | limi* | |
| hand | kono* | |
| blood | laco* | |
| bone | soza* | |
| skin | ChiNgo* | |
| knee | vwindi* | |
| breast | hombo* | |
| water | madzi | |
| fire | oho* | |
| sun | cua* | |
| star | 5e5ezi* | |
| stone | iwe* | |
| mountain | rima* | |
| tree | hi* | |
| night | siku* | |
| dog | khuro* | |
| fish | samaki* | |
| bird | mnyama | |
| one | eNga* | |
| two | biri* | |
| drink | nwa* | |
| see | ona* | |
| die | fa* | |
| come | ca* |
* 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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