Ganza
Ganza is a Blue Nile Mao language spoken in Ethiopia and Sudan. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Ganza, also known as Ganzo or Koma, is an Omotic language of the Afro-Asiatic family spoken in the Al Kurumik District of the Blue Nile (state) in Sudan and in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, specifically in the village districts of Penishuba and Yabeldigis.
It also goes by the names Ganzo, Gwami, Koma, and Koma-Ganza.
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Words in Ganza
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | uSikwanasidi* | |
| name | wasa* | |
| eye | ap* | |
| ear | waya* | |
| nose | Sin* | |
| tongue | insal* | |
| hand | gwonzo* | |
| blood | handa* | |
| bone | mataS* | |
| skin | yilic* | |
| knee | ukul* | |
| breast | ata* | |
| liver | maya* | |
| water | haʔ̃a | |
| fire | tama* | |
| sun | aba* | |
| star | piyEla* | |
| stone | SaNga* | |
| mountain | kwe* | |
| tree | insa* | |
| leaf | insaway* | |
| dog | kana* | |
| fish | maka7* | |
| louse | Sukum* | |
| one | uSikwain* | |
| two | mambu* | |
| I | ti* | |
| you | ye* | |
| path | arihaw* | |
| new | kadi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- BambassiBlue Nile Mao25% alike
- Kachama-Ganjule-HaroTa-Ne-Omotic22% alike
- GofaTa-Ne-Omotic20% alike
- Boro (Ethiopia)Ta-Ne-Omotic19% alike
- WolayttaTa-Ne-Omotic18% alike
- BasketoTa-Ne-Omotic18% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · ganz1246 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · gza