Ngbaka Minagende
Ngbaka Minagende is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa, Congo - Brazzaville, and Central African Republic.
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Ngbaka (Ngbàkà) is a Gbaya language spoken by just over a million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a regionally important language, used by the Gilima, Ngbundu, Mbandja and Mono peoples, and is taught in primary schools; 10% are literate in Ngbaka.
Ngbaka is a common local ethnic name; the language may be distinguished from other languages called "Ngbaka" as Ngbaka Gbaya or Ngbaka Minagende.
There are no significant dialectal differences within Ngbaka, and it may be mutually intelligible with members of the Manza dialect cluster.
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Words in Ngbaka Minagende
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | wele* | |
| name | li* | |
| eye | li* | |
| ear | zala* | |
| nose | zo* | |
| tooth | gogo* | |
| tongue | lEfE* | |
| hand | ko* | |
| blood | toko* | |
| bone | gbala* | |
| skin | ndala* | |
| knee | zugolo* | |
| breast | Nu7du* | |
| liver | sila* | |
| water | lì | |
| fire | we* | |
| sun | wese* | |
| star | sola* | |
| stone | ta* | |
| mountain | kala* | |
| tree | te* | |
| leaf | nwa* | |
| night | tu* | |
| dog | tolo* | |
| fish | koyo* | |
| louse | 7bisi* | |
| one | kpo* | |
| two | boa* | |
| I | mi* | |
| you | mo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Ngbaka ManzaAtlantic-Congo91% alike
- AliAtlantic-Congo69% alike
- ManzaAtlantic-Congo65% alike
- BofiAtlantic-Congo64% alike
- GbanuAtlantic-Congo57% alike
- Gbaya-BozoumAtlantic-Congo55% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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