Ndau
Ndau is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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Ndau (also called chiNdau, Chindau, Ndzawu, Njao, Chidanda) is a Bantu language spoken by 2,400,000 people.
Ndau is a Shona language and it is mutually intelligible with other Shona languages such as Manyika, Zezuru and Karanga. The 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe accorded Ndau's status as an official language.
It is a national language of Zimbabwe.
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Words in Ndau
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nhu* | |
| name | zita* | |
| eye | so* | |
| ear | zee* | |
| nose | miro* | |
| tooth | no* | |
| tongue | rimi* | |
| blood | gazi* | |
| bone | godo* | |
| skin | ganda* | |
| knee | bvi* | |
| breast | diti* | |
| liver | bindi* | |
| water | vura* | |
| fire | woto* | |
| sun | zuwa* | |
| star | yereci* | |
| stone | buwe* | |
| mountain | dunhu* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | kani* | |
| night | siku* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | howe* | |
| louse | da* | |
| one | mwe* | |
| two | mbiri* | |
| drink | mwa* | |
| see | ona* | |
| hear | zwa* |
* 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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