Matengo
Matengo is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania.
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Matengo is a Bantu language of Tanzania. Speakers are mostly monolingual, and neighboring languages are not intelligible.
Matengo language is relatively related to Ngoni language in that the two have similar history of origin.
From Wikipedia · Matengo language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Matengo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | hina* | |
| eye | iho* | |
| ear | kutu* | |
| nose | bulu* | |
| tooth | ino* | |
| tongue | limi* | |
| hand | woko* | |
| blood | ahi* | |
| bone | hupa* | |
| skin | kanda* | |
| knee | yugwa* | |
| breast | NgaNga* | |
| liver | mani* | |
| water | masi | |
| fire | oto* | |
| sun | uwa* | |
| star | tondwa* | |
| stone | gaNga* | |
| mountain | tumbi* | |
| tree | koNgo* | |
| leaf | hamba* | |
| night | kilu* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | homba* | |
| louse | lila* | |
| one | yumo* | |
| two | wili* | |
| I | ni* | |
| you | weNga* | |
| we | tweNga* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- MpotoAtlantic-Congo55% alike
- NdendeuleAtlantic-Congo49% alike
- Manda-MatumbaAtlantic-Congo47% alike
- MatumbiAtlantic-Congo45% alike
- NdengerekoAtlantic-Congo43% alike
- NgindoAtlantic-Congo42% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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