Nyemba
Nyemba is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Angola, Zambia, and Namibia.
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Luchazi (also called Lucazi or Chiluchazi) is a Bantu language of Angola and Zambia. Luchazi is the principal language of the Ngangela people. Ngangela is a term coined by the Vimbundu traders and missionaries in 18th century to describe the tribes occupying the area of eastern-central Angola.
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Written down
Vanu voxe vakasemuka mu cizango co mumo lika mu vulemu co kulimanena. Vakevo vakala na mangana co na mbunge co vana pande kulinga vamo na vakwavo na mbunge ya vuna yina.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Nyemba
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nthu* | |
| name | zina* | |
| eye | iso* | |
| ear | twitwi* | |
| nose | yulu* | |
| tooth | yo* | |
| tongue | laka* | |
| hand | kandi* | |
| blood | niNga* | |
| bone | tihya* | |
| knee | vuli* | |
| breast | vElE* | |
| liver | kwavita* | |
| water | Ema* | |
| fire | hya* | |
| sun | taNwa* | |
| star | ndoNgonosi* | |
| stone | vwE* | |
| mountain | ta5a* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | sako* | |
| night | tiki* | |
| dog | tali* | |
| fish | mbisi* | |
| louse | timba* | |
| one | mo* | |
| two | vali* | |
| I | aNgE* | |
| you | ovE* | |
| we | Etu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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