Mbuun
Mbuun is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Mbuun or Mpuun, is a Bantu language spoken by several hundred thousand people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The name is sometimes spelled Kimbuun or Gimbunda.
Mpuono has been spuriously conflated with it in some sources.
From Wikipedia · Mbuun language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Mbuun
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | uru* | |
| name | kuma* | |
| eye | iu* | |
| ear | cui* | |
| nose | bwomo* | |
| tooth | inu* | |
| tongue | limu* | |
| hand | kwo* | |
| blood | kila* | |
| bone | fa* | |
| skin | bana* | |
| knee | bwo* | |
| breast | biolo* | |
| liver | nso* | |
| water | ma:ts | |
| fire | ba* | |
| sun | li* | |
| star | pulumwaru* | |
| stone | kwono* | |
| mountain | bio* | |
| tree | bana* | |
| leaf | culijwiri* | |
| night | fiba* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | bili* | |
| louse | sina* | |
| one | mo* | |
| two | biele* | |
| I | me* | |
| you | nze* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Kwa SouthAtlantic-Congo45% alike
- MfinuAtlantic-Congo38% alike
- Teke-Eboo-NzikouAtlantic-Congo37% alike
- NdumuAtlantic-Congo37% alike
- Teke-FuumuAtlantic-Congo34% alike
- LaariAtlantic-Congo31% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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