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Manyika

Manyika is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

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Manyika is a language largely spoken by the Manyika tribe in the eastern part of Zimbabwe and across the border in Mozambique. It includes dialects ChiBocha, ChiUngwe, and ChiManyika, from which the broad Manyika language gets its name.

ChiManyika is spoken by people in the northern parts of Manicaland Province of Zimbabwe, (Nyanga, Honde Valley Mutasa area) whilst ChiBocha is spoken by people in the central part of Manicaland. Manyika differs from Karanga and Zezuru dialects in a variety of ways.

From Wikipedia · Manyika dialect · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Manyika

MeaningWordRomanization
personnhu*
namezita*
eyeso*
earzeve*
nosehino*
toothno*
tonguerimi*
bloodropa*
bonegodo*
skinganda*
kneebvi*
breastzamu*
liverropa*
watervura*
firewoto*
sunzuwa*
staryereci*
stonebuwe*
mountaingomo*
treeti*
leafSizha*
nightsiku*
dogbwa*
fishhowe*
louseda*
onemwe*
twoiri*
drinkmwa*
seeona*
hearzwa*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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