Kakwa
Kakwa is a Nilotic language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa, Uganda, and South Sudan.
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The Kakwa language (also rendered Kakuwâ) is a Nilotic language spoken by the Kakwa people in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan.
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Words in Kakwa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Nutu* | |
| name | karan* | |
| eye | ko5a* | |
| ear | sue* | |
| nose | kumi* | |
| tooth | kala* | |
| tongue | 5adap* | |
| hand | koni* | |
| blood | rima* | |
| bone | kuyu* | |
| skin | boriko* | |
| knee | kuNusi* | |
| breast | kinata* | |
| liver | munye* | |
| water | pio* | |
| fire | kimaN* | |
| sun | kolo* | |
| star | kasir* | |
| stone | Nurupit* | |
| mountain | robota* | |
| tree | kodiNi* | |
| leaf | koropoti* | |
| night | muda* | |
| dog | dyoN* | |
| fish | sumuti* | |
| louse | siro* | |
| one | gele* | |
| two | mura* | |
| I | nan* | |
| you | do* |
* 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 · kakw1240 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · keo