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.
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20 mots essentiels en Nyaturu
Eau
maazi
/maːzi/
Feu
moto
/moto/
Soleil
nzua
/nzua/
Lune
umweri
/umweɾi/
Mère
mama
/mama/
Père
tata
/tata/
Manger
kuria
/kuɾia/
Boire
kunywa
/kuɲwa/
Amour
butogwa
/butoɡwa/
Cœur
umutima
/umutima/
Arbre
umuti
/umuti/
Maison
nyumba
/ɲumba/
Chien
imbwa
/imbwa/
Chat
paka
/paka/
Main
ukuboko
/ukuboko/
Œil
iriiso
/iɾiːso/
Bonjour
mbukire
/mbukiɾe/
Merci
ahsante
/ahsante/
Un
umwe
/umwe/
Bon
kihi
/kihi/
Sources
Mots comparés
Comparé aux langues Niger-Congo apparentées
| Sens | Nyaturu | Sangu | Shambala | Nyamwezi | Kirundi | Sena | Makondé |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eau | maazi /maːzi/ | ameenzi /ameːnzi/ | mazi /mazi/ | minzi /minzi/ | amazi /amaːzi/ | madzi /madzi/ | mashi /maʃi/ |
| Feu | moto /moto/ | umoto /umoto/ | moto /moto/ | moto /moto/ | umuriro /umuɾiɾo/ | moto /moto/ | moto /moto/ |
| Soleil | nzua /nzua/ | liluga /liluɡa/ | zuwa /zuwa/ | izuba /izuβa/ | izuba /izuba/ | dzuwa /dzuwa/ | lyuva /ʎuβa/ |
| Lune | umweri /umweɾi/ | umwesi /umwesi/ | mwezi /mwezi/ | ng'wezi /ŋweːzi/ | ukwezi /ukwezi/ | mwedzi /mwedzi/ | mwedi /mwedi/ |
| Mère | mama /mama/ | mama /mama/ | mama /mama/ | mayu /majʊ/ | mama /maːma/ | mai /mai/ | mama /mama/ |
| Père | tata /tata/ | baba /baba/ | baba /baba/ | baba /baba/ | data /data/ | baba /baba/ | baba /baba/ |
| Manger | kuria /kuɾia/ | kulya /kuʎa/ | kuya /kuja/ | kulya /kuʎa/ | kurya /kuɾja/ | kudya /kudja/ | kulya /kuʎa/ |
| Boire | kunywa /kuɲwa/ | kunwa /kunwa/ | kunywa /kuɲwa/ | kunywa /kuɲwa/ | kunywa /kuɲwa/ | kumwa /kumwa/ | kunwa /kunwa/ |
| Amour | butogwa /butoɡwa/ | ulungu /uluŋɡu/ | kwenda /kwenda/ | butogwa /butoɡwa/ | urukundo /uɾukundo/ | kufuna /kufuna/ | kupenda /kupenda/ |
| Cœur | umutima /umutima/ | umutima /umutima/ | mwoyo /mwojo/ | mtima /mtima/ | umutima /umutima/ | mtima /mtima/ | mtima /mtima/ |
| Arbre | umuti /umuti/ | umuti /umuti/ | mti /mti/ | mti /mti/ | igiti /iɡiti/ | mtengo /mteŋɡo/ | mti /mti/ |
| Maison | nyumba /ɲumba/ | inyumba /iɲumba/ | nyumba /ɲumba/ | kaya /kaja/ | inzu /inzu/ | nyumba /ɲumba/ | nyumba /ɲumba/ |
| Chien | imbwa /imbwa/ | imbwa /imbwa/ | mbwa /mbwa/ | mbwa /mbwa/ | imbwa /imbwa/ | mbwa /mbwa/ | nshenye /nʃeɲe/ |
| Chat | paka /paka/ | paka /paka/ | paka /paka/ | paka /paka/ | akayabu /akajabu/ | paka /paka/ | paka /paka/ |
| Main | ukuboko /ukuboko/ | ukuboko /ukuboko/ | ukono /ukono/ | ikobo /ikoβo/ | ukuboko /ukuboko/ | nkono /nkono/ | nkono /nkono/ |
| Œil | iriiso /iɾiːso/ | iliho /iliho/ | izo /izo/ | liso /liso/ | ijisho /idʒiʃo/ | diso /diso/ | liso /liso/ |
| Bonjour | mbukire /mbukiɾe/ | mbasala /mbasala/ | nashukuru /naʃukuɾu/ | mwadita /mwadita/ | amahoro /amahoɾo/ | mwadzukabwanji /mwadzukabwandʒi/ | nakushukuru /nakuʃukuɾu/ |
| Merci | ahsante /ahsante/ | nashukulu /naʃukulu/ | asante /asante/ | twabakaba /twaβakaβa/ | murakoze /muɾakoze/ | ndatenda /ndatenda/ | nashukuru /naʃukuɾu/ |
| Un | umwe /umwe/ | imo /imo/ | imo /imo/ | imo /imo/ | rimwe /ɾimwe/ | posi /posi/ | nimo /nimo/ |
| Bon | kihi /kihi/ | kwifwa /kwifwa/ | hedi /hedi/ | lihi /lihi/ | nziza /nziza/ | nadidi /nadidi/ | shibwana /ʃibwana/ |
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