Malila
Malila is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania.
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Malila is a Bantu language of Tanzania.
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Words in Malila
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | lyantanda | |
| person | ntu* | |
| name | tawa* | |
| eye | so* | |
| ear | twi* | |
| nose | pulo* | |
| tooth | no* | |
| tongue | mili* | |
| blood | vanda* | |
| bone | fupa* | |
| knee | fugamo* | |
| breast | vele* | |
| liver | lu* | |
| water | amiinzi | |
| fire | oto* | |
| sun | zuva* | |
| star | tondwe* | |
| stone | we* | |
| mountain | gamba* | |
| tree | kwi* | |
| leaf | tundu* | |
| night | uvusiku* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | swi* | |
| louse | puni* | |
| two | vivili* | |
| I | ine* | |
| you | iwe* | |
| we | itwe* | |
| drink | mwela* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Nyiha (Tanzania)Atlantic-Congo75% alike
- SafwaAtlantic-Congo66% alike
- Nyiha (Malawi)Atlantic-Congo56% alike
- LambyaAtlantic-Congo53% alike
- RungwaAtlantic-Congo51% alike
- NdaliAtlantic-Congo50% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · mali1279 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mgq