Enya-Kisangani
Enya-Kisangani is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa.
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Enya is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Maho (2009) lists D141 Zura (Zula) as most closely related.
From Wikipedia · Enya language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Enya-Kisangani
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ntu* | |
| name | ina* | |
| eye | so* | |
| ear | twe* | |
| nose | wembe* | |
| tooth | no* | |
| tongue | imi* | |
| blood | shila* | |
| bone | kupa* | |
| skin | koba* | |
| knee | nyu* | |
| breast | bele* | |
| liver | tima* | |
| water | ayi* | |
| fire | ya* | |
| sun | zuba* | |
| star | kwinikuini* | |
| stone | bwe* | |
| mountain | kuna* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | ani* | |
| night | busunmabusu* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | swi* | |
| louse | sigi* | |
| one | umakimonThonka* | |
| two | umabibili* | |
| drink | toma* | |
| see | mona* | |
| hear | feleza* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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