Nkoya
Nkoya is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Zambia, by about 146 thousand people.
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Nkoya is a Bantu language of Zambia. It may be one of the Luba languages, and is at least Luban.
Maho (2009) considers the various varieties—Mbwera, Kolwe, Shangi, Shasha, and Nkoya proper—to be distinct languages in an Nkoya language cluster.
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Words in Nkoya
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ntu* | |
| name | 8ina* | |
| eye | ho* | |
| ear | tu* | |
| nose | 8ulu* | |
| tooth | yewe* | |
| tongue | imi* | |
| hand | boko* | |
| blood | ke8a* | |
| bone | fupa* | |
| skin | konde* | |
| knee | nuNgo* | |
| breast | bele* | |
| liver | lenda* | |
| water | ema* | |
| fire | njilo* | |
| sun | tena* | |
| star | 5e5e* | |
| stone | ma5a* | |
| mountain | na* | |
| tree | tonto* | |
| leaf | bi8i* | |
| night | Siku* | |
| dog | wa* | |
| fish | nTi* | |
| louse | na* | |
| one | mo* | |
| two | biji* | |
| I | ami* | |
| you | obe* |
* 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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