Kuria
Kuria is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania and Kenya.
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Kuria is a Bantu language spoken by the Kuria people of Northern Tanzania, with some speakers also residing in Kenya.
Maho (2009) treats the Simbiti, Hacha, Surwa, and Sweta varieties as distinct languages.
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Words in Kuria
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nto* | |
| name | na* | |
| eye | so* | |
| ear | gutwi* | |
| nose | nyero* | |
| tooth | no* | |
| tongue | reme* | |
| hand | kobo* | |
| blood | manyinga* | |
| bone | guha* | |
| skin | Cobo* | |
| knee | iru* | |
| breast | berre* | |
| liver | ni* | |
| water | amanche | |
| fire | moro* | |
| sun | oba* | |
| star | nyinyunyi* | |
| stone | gena* | |
| mountain | guku* | |
| tree | mote* | |
| leaf | to* | |
| night | butiku* | |
| dog | sese* | |
| fish | swe* | |
| louse | nda* | |
| one | kamwe* | |
| two | bili* | |
| I | uni* | |
| you | uwe* |
* 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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