Totela
Totela is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Zambia and Namibia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Totela is a poorly described Bantu language of Namibia and Zambia. It is spoken by the Totela people, a Bantu ethnic group of the Lozi. Its classification is assumed rather than demonstrated.
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Words in Totela
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ntu* | |
| name | zina* | |
| eye | nso* | |
| ear | twi* | |
| nose | zuru* | |
| tooth | no* | |
| tongue | lumi* | |
| hand | lyanza* | |
| blood | roha* | |
| bone | fuha* | |
| skin | kabi* | |
| knee | zui* | |
| breast | suE* | |
| water | mEnzi* | |
| fire | liro* | |
| sun | zuba* | |
| star | ntuNguezi* | |
| stone | wE* | |
| mountain | lundu* | |
| tree | kuni* | |
| night | siku* | |
| dog | mbwa* | |
| fish | nswi* | |
| one | onkE* | |
| two | obilE* | |
| drink | 5wa* | |
| see | bona* | |
| die | fwa* | |
| come | iza* | |
| path | nzira* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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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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