Simba
Simba is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Gabon. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Himba (Himbaka), also known as Simba, is a moribund Bantu language of Gabon.
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Words in Simba
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | oma* | |
| name | ina* | |
| eye | mico* | |
| ear | toyi* | |
| nose | pombo* | |
| tooth | no* | |
| tongue | nene* | |
| blood | nina* | |
| bone | xepa* | |
| skin | xobo* | |
| knee | bongo* | |
| breast | bEnE* | |
| liver | bumba* | |
| water | ngo* | |
| fire | boyi* | |
| sun | kombe* | |
| star | danga* | |
| stone | taE* | |
| mountain | kodi* | |
| tree | etete* | |
| leaf | abi* | |
| night | bici* | |
| dog | fa* | |
| fish | cwe* | |
| louse | ngina* | |
| one | poko* | |
| two | bae* | |
| drink | ong* | |
| see | En* | |
| hear | ox* |
* 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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Glottolog · simb1254 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · sbw