Rungwa
Rungwa is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Rungwa is a Bantu language of the Rukwa Region of western Tanzania.
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Words in Rungwa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ntu* | |
| name | zina* | |
| eye | so* | |
| ear | twi* | |
| nose | empuna* | |
| tooth | no* | |
| tongue | limi* | |
| blood | uwazi* | |
| bone | fupa* | |
| knee | kokola* | |
| breast | wele* | |
| liver | tima* | |
| water | amanzi | |
| fire | oto* | |
| sun | uwa* | |
| star | tongwa* | |
| stone | we* | |
| mountain | wamba* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | fwa* | |
| night | uwusiku* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | nswi* | |
| louse | inda* | |
| two | wili* | |
| I | unene* | |
| you | uwewe* | |
| we | uswensu* | |
| drink | nwa* | |
| see | lola* |
* 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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