Mbole
Mbole is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa.
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Mbole is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It is spoken by the Mbole people, with a population of about 100,000 as of 1971 living in the Tshopo District, southwest of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Words in Mbole
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | lumbu* | |
| name | ina* | |
| eye | isu* | |
| ear | tui* | |
| nose | mba* | |
| tooth | inu* | |
| tongue | ami* | |
| blood | luNu* | |
| bone | isi* | |
| skin | kufa* | |
| knee | ongo* | |
| breast | lomhi* | |
| liver | luku* | |
| water | ayi* | |
| fire | imbe* | |
| sun | uha* | |
| star | to* | |
| stone | oko* | |
| mountain | kuni* | |
| tree | sungu* | |
| leaf | gasi* | |
| night | tihu* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | swi* | |
| louse | sili* | |
| one | moi* | |
| two | bikabili* | |
| drink | onywa* | |
| see | uina* | |
| hear | buka* |
* 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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