Ngando (Central African Republic)
Ngando (Central African Republic) is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Central African Republic.
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Ngando is a Bantu language spoken by about 5,000 people in the Central African Republic.
Maho (2009) lists Ngando proper and the Kota (Dikota) dialect as separate languages. Kota is not to be confused with the Kota language of Gabon (iKota) or the Kota language of Tamil Nadu, India (Kō mānt).
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Words in Ngando (Central African Republic)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | to* | |
| name | kombo* | |
| eye | so* | |
| ear | toe* | |
| nose | lo* | |
| tooth | no* | |
| tongue | lemo* | |
| blood | longo* | |
| bone | kua* | |
| skin | kata* | |
| breast | bElE* | |
| liver | ngi* | |
| water | mai* | |
| fire | 5a* | |
| sun | moi* | |
| star | to* | |
| stone | boi* | |
| mountain | kenga* | |
| tree | ndange* | |
| leaf | saki* | |
| night | butu* | |
| dog | boa* | |
| fish | Toi* | |
| louse | mbua* | |
| one | ote* | |
| two | bale* | |
| drink | 5u* | |
| see | yEngEl* | |
| hear | wok* | |
| die | duw* |
* 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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