Fipa
Fipa is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania and Malawi, by about 195 thousand people.
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Fipa (Fipa: Ichifipa) is a Bantu language of Tanzania. It is spoken by the Fipa people, who live on the Ufipa plateau in the Rukwa Region of South West Tanzania between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Rukwa. The ethnic group of the Fipa people is larger than the group of Fipa language speakers. On the Tanzanian side, people who speak Mambwe-Lungu may identify as Fipa and consider their language to be a dialect of Fipa.
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Words in Fipa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ntu* | |
| name | zina* | |
| eye | nso* | |
| ear | twi* | |
| nose | puno* | |
| tooth | no* | |
| tongue | limi* | |
| blood | uwazi* | |
| bone | fupa* | |
| knee | kokola* | |
| breast | yele* | |
| liver | tima* | |
| water | amanzi | |
| fire | moto* | |
| sun | lanzi* | |
| star | tanda* | |
| stone | finga* | |
| mountain | mwamba* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | fwa* | |
| night | usika* | |
| dog | simbwa* | |
| fish | swi* | |
| louse | da* | |
| two | vili* | |
| I | nene* | |
| you | wewe* | |
| we | sweswe* | |
| drink | nwa* | |
| see | lola* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- NyamwangaAtlantic-Congo80% alike
- WandaAtlantic-Congo80% alike
- Mambwe-LunguAtlantic-Congo75% alike
- RungwaAtlantic-Congo73% alike
- PimbweAtlantic-Congo70% alike
- Konongo-RuwilaAtlantic-Congo55% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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