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Lobala

Lobala is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa and Congo - Brazzaville. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Bala (Lobala) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to Maho (2009), it includes Boko (Iboko).

From Wikipedia · Bala language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Lobala

MeaningWordRomanization
personto*
nameXombo*
eyeiyo*
earto*
noseolo*
toothino*
tonguele*
bloodlongo*
bonepea*
skinpho*
kneebongo*
breastbElE*
liverbale*
watera*
firenya*
sunese*
starnzoto*
stonekutulu*
mountaingomba*
treeete*
leafaki*
nightkolo*
dogpa*
fishswe*
lousembuwa*
oneyonoyo*
twobale*
drinknya*
seewEn*
hearyok*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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