Sangu
Sangu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Sangu (also called Kisangu, Kisango, Kirori, Eshisango, Rori, and Sango) is a language spoken in Tanzania by approximately 75,000 (1987) Sangu people.
From Wikipedia · Sangu language (Tanzania) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Sangu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | unu* | |
| name | tawa* | |
| eye | ho* | |
| ear | kutu* | |
| nose | ula* | |
| tooth | no* | |
| tongue | myankho* | |
| blood | danda* | |
| bone | fupa* | |
| knee | fugamilo* | |
| breast | vele* | |
| liver | tima* | |
| water | amalenga | |
| fire | umoto* | |
| sun | juva* | |
| star | nondwe* | |
| stone | ganga* | |
| mountain | iSidunda* | |
| tree | piSi* | |
| leaf | hamba* | |
| night | paSilo* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | swi* | |
| louse | sosolo* | |
| two | vili* | |
| I | one* | |
| you | owe* | |
| we | ose* | |
| drink | mwela* | |
| see | lola* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · sang1330 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · sbp