Zande
Zande is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa, South Sudan, and Central African Republic.
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Zande is the largest of the Zande languages. It is spoken by the Azande, primarily in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western South Sudan, but also in the eastern part of the Central African Republic. It is called Pazande in the Zande language and Kizande in Lingala.
Estimates about the number of speakers vary; in 2001 Koen Impens cited studies that put the number between 700,000 and one million.
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Words in Zande
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | na | |
| father | ba | |
| child | gude | |
| man | kumba | |
| woman | de | |
| person | boro | |
| name | rima | |
| water | ime | |
| sun | uru | |
| moon | diwi | |
| rain | mai | |
| bird | zire | |
| snake | wo | |
| louse | zari | |
| one | sa | |
| I | mi | |
| we | ani | |
| die | kpi | |
| egg | para | |
| house | bambu |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
Grammar
- NzakaraAtlantic-Congo88% alike
- Ngala-SantandreaAtlantic-Congo86% alike
- PambiaAtlantic-Congo85% alike
- UmotínaBororoan83% alike
- Emberá-ChamíChocoan82% alike
- MangbetuCentral Sudanic81% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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