Nyole
Nyole is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Uganda.
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Nyole (also LoNyole, Lunyole, Nyuli) is a Bantu language spoken by the Banyole in Butaleja District, Uganda. There is 61% lexical similarity with a related but different Nyole language in Kenya.
From Wikipedia · Nyole language (Uganda) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Nyole
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mutu* | |
| name | sina* | |
| eye | moni* | |
| ear | twi* | |
| nose | sulu* | |
| tooth | rino* | |
| tongue | lulimi* | |
| hand | hyuomungalo* | |
| blood | mafugi* | |
| bone | nagumba* | |
| skin | hyanjo* | |
| knee | kumbo* | |
| breast | bere* | |
| liver | hini* | |
| water | mayi* | |
| fire | muliro* | |
| sun | ryuba* | |
| star | menieNi* | |
| stone | bale* | |
| mountain | lusosi* | |
| tree | musala* | |
| leaf | luhola* | |
| night | hiro* | |
| dog | mbwa* | |
| fish | nyeni* | |
| louse | nda* | |
| one | ehirala* | |
| two | biri* | |
| I | ese* | |
| you | ewe* |
* 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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Elsewhere
Glottolog · nyol1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · nuj