Pangwa
Pangwa is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania.
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The Pangwa are a Bantu ethnolinguistic group based in the Kipengere Range on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi, in the Ludewa District of Njombe Region in southern Tanzania. In 2002 the Pangwa population was estimated to number 95,000 [1]. The Pangwa language is a member of the Bantu family.
Alternate names for Pangwa are Ekipangwa and Kipangwa.
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Words in Pangwa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nu* | |
| name | thawa* | |
| eye | iXo* | |
| ear | buluthu* | |
| nose | eNelu* | |
| tooth | ino* | |
| tongue | limi* | |
| hand | boxo* | |
| blood | danda* | |
| bone | Ceke* | |
| skin | kola* | |
| knee | fukamilo* | |
| breast | fuba* | |
| liver | thima* | |
| water | makasi | |
| fire | otho* | |
| sun | Cuba* | |
| star | thondwe* | |
| stone | kaNga* | |
| mountain | dunda* | |
| tree | biXi* | |
| leaf | thundu* | |
| night | lo* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | somba* | |
| louse | sosolo* | |
| one | moNga* | |
| two | bili* | |
| I | yune* | |
| you | yuve* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- HeheAtlantic-Congo51% alike
- VwanjiAtlantic-Congo49% alike
- Manda-MatumbaAtlantic-Congo49% alike
- Tanzanian NgoniAtlantic-Congo48% alike
- SanguAtlantic-Congo46% alike
- BenaAtlantic-Congo46% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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