Kutu
Kutu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania, by about 45 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kutu is a Bantu language of the Morogoro region of Tanzania. The language is spoken by the Kutu people.
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Words in Kutu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nhu* | |
| name | twaga* | |
| eye | siso* | |
| ear | bwiti* | |
| nose | mula* | |
| tooth | zino* | |
| tongue | lulimi* | |
| blood | damu* | |
| bone | zege* | |
| knee | vindi* | |
| breast | matombo* | |
| liver | ini* | |
| water | mazi* | |
| fire | moto* | |
| sun | zua* | |
| star | 5ota* | |
| stone | bwe* | |
| mountain | mlima* | |
| tree | mti* | |
| leaf | zani* | |
| night | Cilo* | |
| dog | dibwa* | |
| fish | somba* | |
| louse | mani* | |
| two | bili* | |
| I | nie* | |
| you | gweye* | |
| we | sie* | |
| drink | iNwa* | |
| see | lola* |
* 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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