Sakata
Sakata is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa.
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Sakata is a Bantu dialect cluster of DR Congo. The dialects are rather divergent: Sakata proper, Djia (Wadia), Bai (Kibay), Tuku (Ketu, Batow).
According to Glottolog, it may be one of the Teke languages.
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Words in Sakata
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ni* | |
| name | ina* | |
| eye | i* | |
| ear | ti* | |
| nose | ni* | |
| tooth | ini* | |
| tongue | nime* | |
| hand | ka* | |
| blood | kela* | |
| bone | kfa* | |
| skin | poi* | |
| knee | bvuo* | |
| breast | bie* | |
| liver | piki* | |
| water | pei* | |
| fire | Sia* | |
| sun | ta* | |
| star | Ere* | |
| stone | kiErE* | |
| mountain | ba* | |
| tree | te* | |
| leaf | kai* | |
| night | Si* | |
| dog | va* | |
| fish | ce* | |
| louse | sina* | |
| one | kemo* | |
| two | ipe* | |
| drink | mena* | |
| see | mwi* |
* 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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