Kisi
Kisi is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania and Malawi. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kisi is a Bantu language of Tanzania. Though just over half of the Kisi people speak the language, use is vigorous where it is still spoken.
From Wikipedia · Kisi language (Tanzania) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kisi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ndu* | |
| name | tabu* | |
| eye | hu* | |
| ear | mbolokoto* | |
| nose | meNelu* | |
| tooth | nu* | |
| tongue | lulimi* | |
| blood | asi* | |
| bone | fupa* | |
| knee | fugamilu* | |
| breast | mavele* | |
| liver | ntema* | |
| water | masi | |
| fire | oto* | |
| sun | yova* | |
| star | nondo* | |
| stone | ganga* | |
| mountain | kidonda* | |
| tree | mbehe* | |
| leaf | tondo* | |
| night | kilu* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | somba* | |
| louse | sosolo* | |
| two | bele* | |
| I | nenga* | |
| you | veve* | |
| we | twenga* | |
| drink | 5wa* | |
| see | langa* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Manda-MatumbaAtlantic-Congo61% alike
- MbungaAtlantic-Congo48% alike
- Tanzanian NgoniAtlantic-Congo45% alike
- PangwaAtlantic-Congo44% alike
- VwanjiAtlantic-Congo43% alike
- HeheAtlantic-Congo42% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · kisi1243 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kiz