Mashi (Zambia)
Mashi (Zambia) is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Angola, Zambia, and Namibia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Mashi (Kamaxi), or Kwandu, is a Bantu language of Zambia and Angola. It was assigned by Guthrie to Bantu group K.30, which Pfouts (2003) established as part of the Kavango–Southwest branch of Bantu. Though not specifically addressed, Mashi may be in that family as well.
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Words in Mashi (Zambia)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nu* | |
| name | 8ina* | |
| eye | 8iho* | |
| ear | twi* | |
| nose | yulu* | |
| tooth | eo* | |
| tongue | dimi* | |
| hand | oko* | |
| blood | 5iNga* | |
| bone | Soko* | |
| skin | tumba* | |
| knee | nwi* | |
| breast | ele* | |
| liver | hudi* | |
| water | eyu* | |
| fire | dilo* | |
| sun | yuwa* | |
| star | tuNgwe8i* | |
| stone | we* | |
| tree | tondo* | |
| leaf | muna* | |
| night | 8iku* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | 8i* | |
| louse | na* | |
| I | ame* | |
| you | owe* | |
| we | atwe* | |
| drink | nwa* | |
| see | mona* |
* 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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