Kwaya
Kwaya is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania.
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Kwaya is a Bantu language of Tanzania spoken by the Kwaya people. Jita–Kara–Kwaya are close to being dialects; Maho (2009) separates Ruri from Kwaya as equally distinct.
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Words in Kwaya
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | munu* | |
| name | risina* | |
| eye | so* | |
| ear | twi* | |
| nose | ongo* | |
| tooth | no* | |
| tongue | olulimi* | |
| blood | 5inga* | |
| bone | gua* | |
| knee | Nokora* | |
| breast | bere* | |
| liver | 5i* | |
| water | amanji | |
| fire | riro* | |
| sun | suba* | |
| star | i5ota* | |
| stone | rigina* | |
| mountain | kima* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | sya* | |
| night | ngeta* | |
| dog | mbwa* | |
| fish | nswi* | |
| louse | inda* | |
| two | bili* | |
| I | a5e* | |
| you | awe* | |
| we | eswe* | |
| drink | 5wa* | |
| see | lora* |
* 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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