Hemba-Yazi
Hemba-Yazi is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa.
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Hemba (Emba), also known as Eastern Luba, is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is spoken by the Hemba people. Yazi may be a dialect.
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Words in Hemba-Yazi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ndu* | |
| name | zina* | |
| eye | iso* | |
| ear | Thwi* | |
| nose | yulu* | |
| tooth | ino* | |
| tongue | limi* | |
| blood | loha* | |
| bone | uya* | |
| skin | bili* | |
| knee | ngumba* | |
| breast | bele* | |
| liver | tima* | |
| water | ema* | |
| fire | lilo* | |
| sun | yuba* | |
| star | ngundingundi* | |
| stone | bwe* | |
| mountain | gulu* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | bizi* | |
| night | tufu* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | siha* | |
| louse | guso* | |
| one | mo* | |
| two | bili* | |
| drink | nywa* | |
| see | mona* | |
| hear | tegenena* |
* 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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