Konzo

Konzo is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa and Uganda, by about 609 thousand people.

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Konzo · 0.3°N 29.9°E

The lhukonzo (Konzo) language, variously rendered Lukonzo, Olukonzo, and konzo, is a Bantu language spoken by the Konzo people of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has a 77% lexical similarity with Nande. There are many dialects, including Sanza (Ekisanza).

From Wikipedia · Konjo language (Bantu) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Written down

Abandu omububuthiranwa bakabuthawa ibanawithe obuthoki nobuholho obulingirirene, mobahangikwa ibanawithe amenge, neryo ibakathoka erighabania abathya ekibuya nekisandire. Nokweryo buli muyima atholere eryanza munyikiwe ngababuthenwe.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Konzo

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	ndu*
name	na*
eye	so*
ear	thwe*
nose	ndo*
tooth	no*
tongue	limi*
hand	byalha*
blood	sasi*
bone	kuha*
skin	obi*
knee	ru*
breast	bere*
liver	kindi*
water	ghece*
fire	liro*
sun	rubya*
star	ununu*
stone	bwe*
mountain	thwa*
tree	thi*
leaf	koma*
night	kiro*
dog	mbwa*
fish	here*
louse	nda*
one	nguma*
two	biri*
I	iNye*
you	iwe*