Lendu
Lendu is a Central Sudanic language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa and Uganda, by about 26 thousand people.
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The Lendu language is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Balendru, an ethno-linguistic agriculturalist group residing in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in the area west and northwest of Lake Albert, specifically the Ituri Province. It is one of the most populous of the Central Sudanic languages. There are three-quarters of a million Lendu speakers in the DRC. A conflict between the Lendu and the Hema was the basis of the Ituri conflict.
Besides the Balendru, Lendu is spoken as a native language by a portion of the Hema, Alur, and Okebu. In Uganda, the Lendu tribe live in the districts of Nebbi and Zombo districts, northwest of Lake Albert.
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Words in Lendu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ke* | |
| name | ro8o* | |
| eye | 5o* | |
| ear | bi* | |
| nose | e5indo* | |
| tooth | laku* | |
| tongue | leda* | |
| hand | 8oN* | |
| blood | Zu* | |
| bone | kpa* | |
| skin | ka* | |
| knee | deti* | |
| breast | ba* | |
| liver | legu* | |
| water | ɗà | |
| fire | kazz* | |
| sun | Ti* | |
| star | dyodyo* | |
| stone | Tu* | |
| mountain | Ngo* | |
| tree | cu* | |
| night | kunaNga* | |
| dog | ce* | |
| fish | be* | |
| one | di* | |
| two | aro* | |
| I | ma* | |
| you | ni* | |
| we | ma* | |
| drink | Zo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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