Pokomo
Pokomo is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Kenya.
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Pokomo (Kipfokomo) is a Bantu language spoken primarily along the East African coast near the Tana River in the Tana River District by the Pokomo people of Kenya. The Kipfokomo language originated from the Kingozi language, which is also the ancestor of Swahili. Pokomos are the only tribe in the world that speak "Kingozi" and sometimes are referred to as wangozi because they used to wear skins (Ngozi). All adult speakers of Pokomo are bilingual in Swahili, the lingua franca of much of East Africa.
There is high of lexical similarity between other languages like Mvita (63%), Amu (61%), Mrima (60%), Kigiryama (59%), Chidigo (58%) or Bajun (57%).
From Wikipedia · Pokomo language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Pokomo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ntwu* | |
| name | ina* | |
| eye | iTho* | |
| ear | kilo* | |
| nose | pwuya* | |
| tooth | gego* | |
| tongue | limi* | |
| hand | kono* | |
| blood | wazi* | |
| bone | fuua* | |
| skin | kwingo* | |
| knee | kwurhi* | |
| breast | bele* | |
| liver | ne* | |
| water | aji* | |
| fire | rho* | |
| sun | jua* | |
| star | TheThe* | |
| stone | iwe* | |
| mountain | lima* | |
| tree | rhi* | |
| leaf | mani* | |
| night | likuma* | |
| dog | ghe* | |
| fish | su* | |
| louse | Thwaba* | |
| one | moja* | |
| two | bili* | |
| drink | nwa* | |
| see | ona* |
* 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 · poko1261 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · pkb