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Zinza

Zinza is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Zinza · 2.6°S 32.2°E

Zinza (Dzinda) is a Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken on the southern shore of Lake Victoria.

From Wikipedia · Zinza language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Zinza

MeaningWordRomanization
personntu*
namezina*
eyeliso*
eartwi*
noseindo*
toothelino*
tongueolulimi*
bloodobwamba*
bonegufwa*
kneezwi*
breastbele*
liverine*
watermesena
fireliro*
sunzoba*
stare5ezi*
stonebale*
mountainbanga*
treeti*
leafbabi*
nightro*
dogbwa*
fishfwi*
louseda*
twoibili*
Ii5e*
youiwe*
weitwe*
drink5wa*
seeleba*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary

  • KereweAtlantic-Congo76% alike
  • NyamboAtlantic-Congo75% alike
  • HayaAtlantic-Congo68% alike
  • SumbwaAtlantic-Congo62% alike
  • TooroAtlantic-Congo60% alike
  • NyoroAtlantic-Congo59% alike

Grammar

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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