Haya
Haya is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania and Uganda.
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Haya (Oruhaya) is a Bantu language spoken by the Haya people of Tanzania, in the south and southwest coast of Lake Victoria. In 1991, the population of Haya speakers was estimated at 1,200,000 people [1]. Its closest relative is the Nyambo language and it is also closely related to the languages of western Uganda such as Nyoro-Tooro and Nkore-Kiga which all form a group called Rutara.
Maho (2009) classifies JE221 Rashi as closest to Haya. It has no ISO code, but is covered by the ISO 639-3 code hay.
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Words in Haya
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ntu* | |
| name | bala* | |
| eye | iSo* | |
| ear | twi* | |
| nose | 5indo* | |
| tooth | ino* | |
| tongue | limi* | |
| hand | kono* | |
| blood | amba* | |
| bone | gufa* | |
| skin | bili* | |
| knee | jwi* | |
| breast | bele* | |
| liver | ilima* | |
| water | amaizi | |
| fire | lilo* | |
| sun | zoba* | |
| star | 5a5i5i* | |
| stone | bale* | |
| mountain | baNga* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | babi* | |
| night | omuiro* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| louse | da* | |
| one | mo* | |
| two | bili* | |
| I | i5e* | |
| you | iwe* | |
| we | iCwe* |
* 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 · haya1250 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · hay