Sonde
Sonde is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa.
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Sonde is either of two Bantu languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Maho (2009) classifies Sonde–Kisoonde as closest to Suku, but lists an adjacent language also called Sonde as closer to Pende. These are not distinguished in Ethnologue or by ISO code.
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Words in Sonde
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | thu* | |
| name | zina* | |
| eye | isu* | |
| ear | tu* | |
| nose | zulu* | |
| tooth | nu* | |
| tongue | dimi* | |
| blood | aSi* | |
| bone | kudi* | |
| skin | phela* | |
| knee | bongu* | |
| breast | yedi* | |
| water | ema* | |
| fire | thuya* | |
| sun | tangu* | |
| star | ngemu* | |
| stone | mani* | |
| mountain | ndonda* | |
| tree | tondu* | |
| leaf | kasa* | |
| night | phipa* | |
| dog | mbwa* | |
| fish | Sa* | |
| louse | usa* | |
| one | mosi* | |
| two | yadi* | |
| drink | nwa* | |
| see | mona* | |
| hear | ivwa* | |
| die | fwa* |
* 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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