Gitonga
Gitonga is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Mozambique.
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The Tonga language of Mozambique, or Gitonga (spelled Guitonga in Portuguese) is a Bantu language spoken along the southern coast of the country. Often thought to be closest to Chopi to its south, the two languages have only a 44% lexical similarity.
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Words in Gitonga
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tu* | |
| name | lina* | |
| eye | zo* | |
| ear | nzeve* | |
| nose | tomfu* | |
| tooth | kwao* | |
| tongue | dimi* | |
| hand | nya* | |
| blood | loba* | |
| bone | kogollo* | |
| skin | cogi* | |
| knee | dondu* | |
| breast | combo* | |
| liver | bindim* | |
| water | ti* | |
| fire | ndilo* | |
| sun | nsani* | |
| star | nyuladi* | |
| stone | wendi* | |
| mountain | gigonio* | |
| tree | tanda* | |
| leaf | cakane* | |
| night | uSiku* | |
| dog | bua* | |
| fish | kaga* | |
| one | moido* | |
| two | bili* | |
| I | ine* | |
| you | iwe* | |
| we | itu* |
* 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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Elsewhere
Glottolog · gito1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · toh