Kwambi
Kwambi is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Namibia.
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Kwambi or Otshikwambi is a dialect of the Ovambo language spoken by the Kwambi tribe in Northern Namibia. Unlike Ndonga and Kwanyama it does not have a standardized written form in schools but is used and written in the Roman Catholic Church in Namibia. It shares more features with Ndonga than with Kwanyama.
From Wikipedia · Kwambi dialect · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kwambi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ntu* | |
| name | duku* | |
| eye | So* | |
| ear | Ci* | |
| nose | uro* | |
| tooth | go* | |
| tongue | laka* | |
| hand | ke* | |
| blood | binji* | |
| bone | kipa* | |
| skin | banja* | |
| knee | ngolo* | |
| breast | turo* | |
| water | mea* | |
| fire | liro* | |
| sun | taNga* | |
| star | 5ohi* | |
| stone | ma5a* | |
| mountain | tunda* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | efo* | |
| night | siku* | |
| fish | Si* | |
| two | badi* | |
| drink | nwa* | |
| see | mona* | |
| hear | uva* | |
| die | sa* | |
| come | ya* | |
| path | jira* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- NdongaAtlantic-Congo58% alike
- KuanyamaAtlantic-Congo56% alike
- Central WamboAtlantic-Congo55% alike
- KwangaliAtlantic-Congo46% alike
- HereroAtlantic-Congo43% alike
- Diriku-ShambyuAtlantic-Congo41% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · kwam1251 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kwm