Shambala
Shambala is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania, by about 664 thousand people.
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Sambaa or Shambaa or Shambala is a Bantu language of Tanzania.
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Words in Shambala
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ntu* | |
| name | zina* | |
| eye | ziSo* | |
| ear | Sikio* | |
| nose | pua* | |
| tooth | zino* | |
| tongue | ulimi* | |
| blood | phombe* | |
| bone | vuha* | |
| knee | izwi* | |
| breast | matombo* | |
| liver | ini* | |
| water | mazi | |
| fire | moto* | |
| sun | zua* | |
| star | nthondwe* | |
| stone | iwe* | |
| mountain | muima* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | mani* | |
| night | kilo* | |
| dog | kuli* | |
| fish | samaki* | |
| louse | da* | |
| two | mbi* | |
| I | imi* | |
| you | iwe* | |
| we | iSwi* | |
| drink | 5wa* | |
| see | ona* |
* 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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