Mbukushu
Mbukushu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Angola, Zambia, Namibia, and Botswana, by about 49.7 thousand people.
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Mbukushu or Thimbukushu is a Bantu language spoken by 45,000 people along the Kavango East Region in Namibia, where it is a national language, and in Botswana, Angola and Zambia.
In 2022, it was selected among a variety of Mother Tongue languages to be taught in Botswana Primary Schools in the year 2023.
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Words in Mbukushu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nu* | |
| name | dina* | |
| eye | ziho* | |
| ear | twi* | |
| nose | uru* | |
| tooth | eo* | |
| tongue | dimi* | |
| hand | oko* | |
| blood | 5iNga* | |
| bone | fupa* | |
| skin | tumba* | |
| knee | nwi* | |
| breast | ele* | |
| water | eyu* | |
| fire | dilo* | |
| sun | uwa* | |
| star | nuNgwe8i* | |
| stone | Ngi5a* | |
| tree | ku5i* | |
| leaf | hako* | |
| night | 8iku* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | 8i* | |
| louse | na* | |
| I | ame* | |
| you | owe* | |
| we | atwe* | |
| drink | nwa* | |
| see | mona* | |
| hear | yupa* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Mashi (Zambia)Atlantic-Congo75% alike
- SimaaAtlantic-Congo67% alike
- LuyiAtlantic-Congo65% alike
- Diriku-ShambyuAtlantic-Congo51% alike
- KwangaliAtlantic-Congo50% alike
- FweAtlantic-Congo48% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · mbuk1240 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mhw