Sira
Sira is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Gabon.
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Shira is a Bantu language of Gabon.
Maho (2009) considers Bwali to be a closely related language. Bwali does not have an ISO code.
From Wikipedia · Shira language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Sira
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tu* | |
| name | nu* | |
| eye | isi* | |
| ear | ro* | |
| nose | mbasu* | |
| tooth | inu* | |
| tongue | limi* | |
| blood | lungu* | |
| bone | lomu* | |
| skin | kata* | |
| knee | kotolu* | |
| breast | bene* | |
| liver | balu* | |
| water | máàmbà | |
| fire | ruvi* | |
| sun | mbi* | |
| star | mbwElila* | |
| stone | manyi* | |
| mountain | koNgu* | |
| tree | ri* | |
| leaf | buhayi* | |
| night | buti* | |
| dog | mondi* | |
| fish | sonzi* | |
| louse | inu* | |
| one | monsi* | |
| two | bEyi* | |
| drink | onu* | |
| see | laba* | |
| hear | olu* |
* 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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