Sukuma
Jìsùgǔmà
Sukuma is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania, by about 5.4 million people.
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Sukuma is a Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken in an area southeast of Lake Victoria between Mwanza, Shinyanga, and Lake Eyasi.
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Written down
Banhu bose bakabyalagwa na wiyabi na bakabizaga na makujo na sekge jabo jilenganilile. Banhu bose bakabizaga na masala na buhabuji; hukuyomba balidakilwa gubi na witogwa gidi bana ba myaji umo.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Sukuma
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mùùn̥ʊ̀ | |
| eye | liisǒ | |
| water | minzi | |
| tree | ntɪ̌ | |
| four | ine | |
| five | itaano |
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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
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