Yansi
Yansi is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa.
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Yans (Yanzi) is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the Bayanzi.
There are six language varieties Guthrie classified as Bantu B.85 (Yans):
B.85A Mbiem, West Yansi
From Wikipedia · Yansi language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Yansi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | bur* | |
| name | koeb* | |
| eye | dy* | |
| ear | co* | |
| nose | bom* | |
| tooth | cin* | |
| tongue | lem* | |
| hand | o* | |
| blood | cil* | |
| bone | kwa* | |
| skin | kob* | |
| knee | bong* | |
| breast | bial* | |
| liver | so* | |
| water | mádzá | |
| fire | ba* | |
| sun | tang* | |
| star | bwetete* | |
| stone | kul* | |
| mountain | mo* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | ka* | |
| night | pib* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | bysemaca* | |
| louse | cin* | |
| one | mbes* | |
| two | el* | |
| drink | nu* | |
| see | man* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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