Kahe
Kahe is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania and Kenya. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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The Kahe is an ethnic and linguistic group based southeast of Moshi in Kilimanjaro Region Tanzania. The Kahe language, or Kikahe, is in the Chagga cluster of Bantu languages. Three dialects are recognized: Kimwangaria, Msengoni and Kichangareni. Kikahe is spoken by 9,130 people, and is one of the smaller language communities in Tanzania.
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Words in Kahe
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ndu* | |
| name | 5irina* | |
| eye | meso* | |
| ear | kudu* | |
| nose | mbua* | |
| tooth | xo* | |
| tongue | 5olumi* | |
| blood | ndakame* | |
| bone | fua* | |
| knee | nndi* | |
| breast | ve* | |
| liver | 5idima* | |
| water | mringa | |
| fire | modo* | |
| sun | mbari* | |
| star | mye5eri* | |
| stone | 5ixo* | |
| mountain | msari* | |
| tree | kidi* | |
| leaf | 5ira* | |
| night | kio* | |
| dog | Cite* | |
| fish | kunga* | |
| louse | nnda* | |
| two | Sivi* | |
| I | 5i5i* | |
| you | 5iwe* | |
| we | 5isi* | |
| drink | 5wa* | |
| see | nduva* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · kahe1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · hka