Mambwe-Lungu
Mambwe-Lungu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania and Zambia, by about 674 thousand people.
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The Mambwe and Lungu peoples living at the southern end of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania and Zambia speak a common language with minor dialectical differences. Perhaps half of the Fipa people to their north speak it as a native language. When spoken by the Fipa, it is called "Fipa-Mambwe"; this is also the term for the branch of Bantu languages which includes Fipa and Mambwe-Lungu. Mambwe-Lungu is more similar to Kaonde than to Kinyarwanda.
Mambwe-Lungu is spoken by the people of Rukwa region, southern Sumbawanga town in Tanzania.
The language is also spoken in Mankato, Mpulungu and Senga district of Zambia.
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Words in Mambwe-Lungu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ntu* | |
| name | zina* | |
| eye | linso* | |
| ear | twi* | |
| nose | mpuno* | |
| tooth | ino* | |
| tongue | limi* | |
| blood | wazi* | |
| bone | fupa* | |
| skin | nkanda* | |
| knee | kokola* | |
| breast | yele* | |
| liver | tima* | |
| water | amanzi | |
| fire | moto* | |
| sun | sanya* | |
| star | tanda* | |
| stone | we* | |
| mountain | mwamba* | |
| tree | Timuti* | |
| leaf | fwa* | |
| night | siku* | |
| dog | mbwa* | |
| fish | nswi* | |
| louse | nda* | |
| one | onga* | |
| two | ili* | |
| drink | ngwwa* | |
| see | lola* | |
| hear | kuvwa* |
* 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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