Lwalu
Lwalu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa and Angola.
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Lwalu, also known as Lwalwa and Khongo, is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. Its classification is uncertain: Nurse (2003), following Ahmed (1995), assigns all of Guthrie's L.20 languages to Luban, including Lwalu.
Maho (2009) lists L.22 Mbagani (which has no ISO code) as closely related. Mbagani is also called Binji, and has been confused in the literature with the Binji language. Ethnologue labels the area Maho assigns to Mbagani as Songe.
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Words in Lwalu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nthu* | |
| name | Zina* | |
| eye | isu* | |
| ear | swa* | |
| nose | bombo* | |
| tooth | ewu* | |
| tongue | dimi* | |
| blood | kila* | |
| bone | fua* | |
| skin | kupu* | |
| knee | koso* | |
| breast | belu* | |
| liver | badi* | |
| water | aSi* | |
| fire | ya* | |
| sun | taNwa* | |
| star | oto* | |
| stone | manya* | |
| mountain | kunci* | |
| tree | baNala* | |
| leaf | kasa* | |
| night | suku* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | Siya* | |
| louse | Sina* | |
| one | moSi* | |
| two | ole* | |
| drink | nwa* | |
| see | mono* | |
| hear | ovamina* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- MbalaAtlantic-Congo49% alike
- Luba-LuluaAtlantic-Congo42% alike
- South-Central KoongoAtlantic-Congo39% alike
- Kituba (Democratic Republic of Congo)Atlantic-Congo37% alike
- BeembeAtlantic-Congo37% alike
- Yaka-Pelende-LonzoAtlantic-Congo36% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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