Kikaonde

Kaonde

Niger-Congo

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Kaonde (Kikaonde) is a Bantu language (Glottolog L41) spoken by approximately 400,000 people in North-Western Province of Zambia, with small populations across the DRC border in Katanga. Kaonde is one of Zambia's seven officially-recognized regional languages and is used in primary education and ZNBC broadcasting alongside Bemba, Nyanja, Tonga, Lozi, Lunda, and Luvale. Within the L40 Lunda-Kaonde subgroup, Kaonde shares many lexical items with sister languages Lunda (lun) and Luvale (lue), reflecting the Lunda-Luba mfecane migrations from the central Congolese savanna in the 18th century. Linguistically, Kaonde has typical Bantu features (16+ noun classes, complex verbal morphology with multiple tenses and aspect-mood markers, two-tone register system). Wright (1985) Kaonde-English Dictionary is the standard reference.

Wo es gesprochen wird

20 Kernwörter in Kaonde

Wasser

mema

/mema/

Feuer

mujilo

/mudʒilo/

Sonne

juba

/dʒuba/

Mond

ñondo

/ɲondo/

Mutter

bama

/bama/

Vater

batata

/batata/

Essen

kuja

/kudʒa/

Trinken

kutoma

/kutoma/

Liebe

butemwe

/butemwe/

Herz

muchima

/mutʃima/

Baum

kichi

/kitʃi/

Haus

nzubo

/nzubo/

Hund

mbwa

/mbwa/

Katze

kapuso

/kapuso/

Hand

kuboko

/kuboko/

Auge

jiso

/dʒiso/

Hallo

mwapoñai

/mwapoɲai/

Danke

nasakwilila

/nasakwilila/

Eins

umo

/umo/

Gut

kyawama

/kjawama/

Quellen

Wörter im Vergleich

Verglichen mit verwandten Niger-Congo-Sprachen

Bedeutung KaondeLuvaleBembaLuba-KasaiSanguTonga (Sambia)Nyaturu
Wasser mema /mema/ meya /meja/ amenshi /amenʃi/ mâyi /maːji/ ameenzi /ameːnzi/ meenda /meːnda/ maazi /maːzi/
Feuer mujilo /mudʒilo/ kakahya /kakahja/ umulilo /umulilo/ kapia /kapia/ umoto /umoto/ mulilo /mulilo/ moto /moto/
Sonne juba /dʒuba/ likumbi /likumbi/ akasuba /akasuba/ dîba /diːba/ liluga /liluɡa/ zuba /zuba/ nzua /nzua/
Mond ñondo /ɲondo/ kakweji /kakwedʒi/ umweshi /umweʃi/ ngondo /ŋɡondo/ umwesi /umwesi/ mwezi /mwezi/ umweri /umweɾi/
Mutter bama /bama/ mama /mama/ bamayo /bamajo/ mâmu /maːmu/ mama /mama/ bama /bama/ mama /mama/
Vater batata /batata/ tata /tata/ bataata /bataːta/ tâtu /taːtu/ baba /baba/ bataata /bataːta/ tata /tata/
Essen kuja /kudʒa/ kulya /kuʎa/ ukulya /ukulja/ kudia /kudia/ kulya /kuʎa/ kulya /kulja/ kuria /kuɾia/
Trinken kutoma /kutoma/ kunwa /kunwa/ ukunwa /ukunwa/ kunua /kunua/ kunwa /kunwa/ kunywa /kuɲwa/ kunywa /kuɲwa/
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