Taveta
Taveta is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania and Kenya.
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Taveta or Tubeta is a Northeast Coast Bantu language spoken by the Taveta people of Kenya. It is closely related to Pare (called Chasu by speakers).
Taveta was confused with Dawida by Jouni Maho in his (2009) classification.
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Words in Taveta
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ndu* | |
| name | rina* | |
| eye | so* | |
| ear | kudu* | |
| nose | mbua* | |
| tooth | gego* | |
| tongue | lumi* | |
| blood | paga* | |
| bone | indi* | |
| knee | kitemberu* | |
| breast | 5odo* | |
| liver | idima* | |
| water | Ci* | |
| fire | modo* | |
| sun | iruwa* | |
| star | 5eri5eri* | |
| stone | go* | |
| mountain | mgondi* | |
| tree | mdi* | |
| leaf | ilemba* | |
| night | kio* | |
| dog | koSi* | |
| fish | samaki* | |
| louse | inda* | |
| two | iwi* | |
| I | 5ihi* | |
| you | oho* | |
| we | isi* | |
| drink | 5wa* | |
| see | wona* |
* 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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