Kirimi
Nyaturu
Niger-Congo
Nyaturu (Kirimi, autonymously Kinyaturu) is a Bantu language of the Tanzania Central Bantu group (Glottolog F32), spoken by approximately 570,000 people in the Singida Region of central Tanzania, around the town of Singida (the regional capital and Nyaturu cultural center). The Nyaturu people are traditionally semi-nomadic cattle pastoralists and millet-sorghum agriculturalists of the central Tanzanian semi-arid plateau, sharing Lake Eyasi/Singida cluster F30 features with sister languages Langi (lag, F33) and more distantly with Nyamwezi (nym, F22). Linguistically, Nyaturu has typical Eastern Bantu features (16+ noun classes, complex verbal morphology with subject-object-tense-aspect agreement, two-tone register system), with Olson's 1964 SIL phonological description as the major modern documentation. The community has shifted significantly to Swahili in education and urban contexts but retains Nyaturu as the dominant home language in rural villages.
Wo es gesprochen wird
20 Kernwörter in Nyaturu
Wasser
maazi
/maːzi/
Feuer
moto
/moto/
Sonne
nzua
/nzua/
Mond
umweri
/umweɾi/
Mutter
mama
/mama/
Vater
tata
/tata/
Essen
kuria
/kuɾia/
Trinken
kunywa
/kuɲwa/
Liebe
butogwa
/butoɡwa/
Herz
umutima
/umutima/
Baum
umuti
/umuti/
Haus
nyumba
/ɲumba/
Hund
imbwa
/imbwa/
Katze
paka
/paka/
Hand
ukuboko
/ukuboko/
Auge
iriiso
/iɾiːso/
Hallo
mbukire
/mbukiɾe/
Danke
ahsante
/ahsante/
Eins
umwe
/umwe/
Gut
kihi
/kihi/
Quellen
Wörter im Vergleich
Verglichen mit verwandten Niger-Congo-Sprachen
| Bedeutung | Nyaturu | Sangu | Schambala | Nyamwezi | Kirundi | Sena | Makonde |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasser | maazi /maːzi/ | ameenzi /ameːnzi/ | mazi /mazi/ | minzi /minzi/ | amazi /amaːzi/ | madzi /madzi/ | mashi /maʃi/ |
| Feuer | moto /moto/ | umoto /umoto/ | moto /moto/ | moto /moto/ | umuriro /umuɾiɾo/ | moto /moto/ | moto /moto/ |
| Sonne | nzua /nzua/ | liluga /liluɡa/ | zuwa /zuwa/ | izuba /izuβa/ | izuba /izuba/ | dzuwa /dzuwa/ | lyuva /ʎuβa/ |
| Mond | umweri /umweɾi/ | umwesi /umwesi/ | mwezi /mwezi/ | ng'wezi /ŋweːzi/ | ukwezi /ukwezi/ | mwedzi /mwedzi/ | mwedi /mwedi/ |
| Mutter | mama /mama/ | mama /mama/ | mama /mama/ | mayu /majʊ/ | mama /maːma/ | mai /mai/ | mama /mama/ |
| Vater | tata /tata/ | baba /baba/ | baba /baba/ | baba /baba/ | data /data/ | baba /baba/ | baba /baba/ |
| Essen | kuria /kuɾia/ | kulya /kuʎa/ | kuya /kuja/ | kulya /kuʎa/ | kurya /kuɾja/ | kudya /kudja/ | kulya /kuʎa/ |
| Trinken | kunywa /kuɲwa/ | kunwa /kunwa/ | kunywa /kuɲwa/ | kunywa /kuɲwa/ | kunywa /kuɲwa/ | kumwa /kumwa/ | kunwa /kunwa/ |
| Liebe | butogwa /butoɡwa/ | ulungu /uluŋɡu/ | kwenda /kwenda/ | butogwa /butoɡwa/ | urukundo /uɾukundo/ | kufuna /kufuna/ | kupenda /kupenda/ |
| Herz | umutima /umutima/ | umutima /umutima/ | mwoyo /mwojo/ | mtima /mtima/ | umutima /umutima/ | mtima /mtima/ | mtima /mtima/ |
| Baum | umuti /umuti/ | umuti /umuti/ | mti /mti/ | mti /mti/ | igiti /iɡiti/ | mtengo /mteŋɡo/ | mti /mti/ |
| Haus | nyumba /ɲumba/ | inyumba /iɲumba/ | nyumba /ɲumba/ | kaya /kaja/ | inzu /inzu/ | nyumba /ɲumba/ | nyumba /ɲumba/ |
| Hund | imbwa /imbwa/ | imbwa /imbwa/ | mbwa /mbwa/ | mbwa /mbwa/ | imbwa /imbwa/ | mbwa /mbwa/ | nshenye /nʃeɲe/ |
| Katze | paka /paka/ | paka /paka/ | paka /paka/ | paka /paka/ | akayabu /akajabu/ | paka /paka/ | paka /paka/ |
| Hand | ukuboko /ukuboko/ | ukuboko /ukuboko/ | ukono /ukono/ | ikobo /ikoβo/ | ukuboko /ukuboko/ | nkono /nkono/ | nkono /nkono/ |
| Auge | iriiso /iɾiːso/ | iliho /iliho/ | izo /izo/ | liso /liso/ | ijisho /idʒiʃo/ | diso /diso/ | liso /liso/ |
| Hallo | mbukire /mbukiɾe/ | mbasala /mbasala/ | nashukuru /naʃukuɾu/ | mwadita /mwadita/ | amahoro /amahoɾo/ | mwadzukabwanji /mwadzukabwandʒi/ | nakushukuru /nakuʃukuɾu/ |
| Danke | ahsante /ahsante/ | nashukulu /naʃukulu/ | asante /asante/ | twabakaba /twaβakaβa/ | murakoze /muɾakoze/ | ndatenda /ndatenda/ | nashukuru /naʃukuɾu/ |
| Eins | umwe /umwe/ | imo /imo/ | imo /imo/ | imo /imo/ | rimwe /ɾimwe/ | posi /posi/ | nimo /nimo/ |
| Gut | kihi /kihi/ | kwifwa /kwifwa/ | hedi /hedi/ | lihi /lihi/ | nziza /nziza/ | nadidi /nadidi/ | shibwana /ʃibwana/ |
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