Chuwabu
Chuwabu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Mozambique.
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Chuwabo (Echuwabo), also spelled Cuabo and Txuwabo, is a Bantu language spoken along the central coast of Mozambique.
Maindo, though customarily considered a separate language, is close enough to be a dialect of Chuwabo.
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Words in Chuwabu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ntu* | |
| name | cina* | |
| eye | to* | |
| ear | baru* | |
| nose | puno* | |
| tooth | no* | |
| tongue | lome* | |
| hand | nda* | |
| blood | rova* | |
| bone | kuva* | |
| skin | tembe* | |
| knee | bondo* | |
| breast | bele* | |
| liver | ilova* | |
| water | manje | |
| fire | moto* | |
| sun | zuwa* | |
| star | neneeri | |
| stone | ale* | |
| mountain | muaNgo* | |
| tree | ri* | |
| leaf | taba* | |
| night | teri* | |
| fish | opa* | |
| louse | talawa* | |
| one | moda* | |
| two | bili* | |
| I | mfo* | |
| you | weo* | |
| we | io* |
* 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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