Nyore
Nyore is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Kenya, by about 310 thousand people.
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Nyole (also Olunyole, Lunyole, Lunyore, Nyoole, Nyore, Olunyore) is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people in Vihiga County, Kenya. There is 61% lexical similarity with a related but different Nyole dialect in Uganda.
The Nyore people border the Luo, Maragoli and Kisa Luhya tribes.
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Words in Nyore
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | utu* | |
| name | sina* | |
| eye | moni* | |
| ear | twi* | |
| nose | sulu* | |
| tooth | rino* | |
| tongue | limi* | |
| hand | Xono* | |
| blood | fugi* | |
| bone | fumba* | |
| skin | yanjo* | |
| knee | kumbo* | |
| breast | bere* | |
| liver | ini* | |
| water | maji* | |
| fire | liro* | |
| sun | ryoba* | |
| star | nyenye* | |
| stone | bale* | |
| mountain | soozi* | |
| tree | sala* | |
| leaf | Xola* | |
| night | bwire* | |
| dog | mbwa* | |
| fish | nyeni* | |
| louse | sekere* | |
| one | ndala* | |
| two | biri* | |
| I | ese* | |
| you | ewe* |
* 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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