Zigula-Mushungulu
Zigula-Mushungulu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania, by about 355 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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The Zigula or Zigua language, Chizigua, is a Bantu language of Tanzania and Somalia, where the Mushunguli (or Mushungulu) dialect is spoken.
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Words in Zigula-Mushungulu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ntu* | |
| name | zina* | |
| eye | ziso* | |
| ear | gutwi* | |
| nose | pula* | |
| tooth | zino* | |
| tongue | lulimi* | |
| blood | sakame* | |
| bone | vuha* | |
| knee | vindi* | |
| breast | tombo* | |
| liver | ini* | |
| water | mazi | |
| fire | moto* | |
| sun | zua* | |
| star | ntondo* | |
| stone | yuwe* | |
| mountain | ligulu* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | zani* | |
| night | tSilo* | |
| dog | kuli* | |
| fish | samaki* | |
| louse | njina* | |
| two | mbili* | |
| I | mie* | |
| you | weye* | |
| we | sue* | |
| drink | vata* | |
| see | ona* |
* 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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