Kwere
Kwere is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania, by about 98 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Ngh’wele, or Kwere, is a Bantu language of the Morogoro and Dodoma regions of Tanzania.
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Words in Kwere
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nhu* | |
| name | zina* | |
| eye | iso* | |
| ear | sikio* | |
| nose | pua* | |
| tooth | ino* | |
| tongue | limi* | |
| hand | kono* | |
| blood | damu* | |
| bone | vuha* | |
| skin | gozi* | |
| knee | vindi* | |
| breast | ziwa* | |
| liver | ini* | |
| water | mazi | |
| fire | oto* | |
| sun | zua* | |
| star | 5ota* | |
| stone | we* | |
| mountain | lima* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | yani* | |
| night | siku* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | somba* | |
| louse | gina* | |
| one | mwe* | |
| two | bili* | |
| I | niye* | |
| you | weye* |
* 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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