Kishambaa
Shambala
Atlantic-Congo (Bantu, Northeast Coast)
Shambala (Kishambaa, also Sambaa) is a Bantu G23 language of the Usambara mountains in northeastern Tanzania, the language of the Shambaa people whose 19th-century Kingdom of Usambara under King Kimweri ye Nyumbai was an important pre-colonial polity. The Roehl (1911) German missionary dictionary was the first comprehensive lexical resource. Despite the small modern speaker base relative to Swahili, Shambala retains active intergenerational transmission in mountain villages where its rich agricultural vocabulary maps the elevation-zoned ecology.
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20 palavras essenciais em Shambala
Água
mazi
/mazi/
Fogo
moto
/moto/
Sol
zuwa
/zuwa/
Lua
mwezi
/mwezi/
Mãe
mama
/mama/
Pai
baba
/baba/
Comer
kuya
/kuja/
Beber
kunywa
/kuɲwa/
Amor
kwenda
/kwenda/
Coração
mwoyo
/mwojo/
Árvore
mti
/mti/
Casa
nyumba
/ɲumba/
Cão
mbwa
/mbwa/
Gato
paka
/paka/
Mão
ukono
/ukono/
Olho
izo
/izo/
Olá
nashukuru
/naʃukuɾu/
Obrigado
asante
/asante/
Um
imo
/imo/
Bom
hedi
/hedi/
Fontes
Palavras comparadas
Comparado com línguas Atlantic-Congo (Bantu, Northeast Coast) relacionadas
| Significado | Shambala | Makonde | Machame | Sena | Nyaturu | Nyamwezi | Asu |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Água | mazi /mazi/ | mashi /maʃi/ | mringa /mɾiŋɡa/ | madzi /madzi/ | maazi /maːzi/ | minzi /minzi/ | mende /mende/ |
| Fogo | moto /moto/ | moto /moto/ | mòò /moːʔ/ | moto /moto/ | moto /moto/ | moto /moto/ | mshika /mʃika/ |
| Sol | zuwa /zuwa/ | lyuva /ʎuβa/ | ìsùwà /isuwa/ | dzuwa /dzuwa/ | nzua /nzua/ | izuba /izuβa/ | nyu /ɲu/ |
| Lua | mwezi /mwezi/ | mwedi /mwedi/ | mwezi /mwezi/ | mwedzi /mwedzi/ | umweri /umweɾi/ | ng'wezi /ŋweːzi/ | mwezi /mwezi/ |
| Mãe | mama /mama/ | mama /mama/ | mama /mama/ | mai /mai/ | mama /mama/ | mayu /majʊ/ | mama /mama/ |
| Pai | baba /baba/ | baba /baba/ | baba /baba/ | baba /baba/ | tata /tata/ | baba /baba/ | baba /baba/ |
| Comer | kuya /kuja/ | kulya /kuʎa/ | ìlya /iʎa/ | kudya /kudja/ | kuria /kuɾia/ | kulya /kuʎa/ | kurya /kuɾja/ |
| Beber | kunywa /kuɲwa/ | kunwa /kunwa/ | ìnyo /iɲo/ | kumwa /kumwa/ | kunywa /kuɲwa/ | kunywa /kuɲwa/ | kunwa /kunwa/ |
| Amor | kwenda /kwenda/ | kupenda /kupenda/ | ìkwenda /ikwenda/ | kufuna /kufuna/ | butogwa /butoɡwa/ | butogwa /butoɡwa/ | lumba /lumba/ |
| Coração | mwoyo /mwojo/ | mtima /mtima/ | mòyò /mojo/ | mtima /mtima/ | umutima /umutima/ | mtima /mtima/ | ngiti /ŋɡiti/ |
| Árvore | mti /mti/ | mti /mti/ | mtí /mti/ | mtengo /mteŋɡo/ | umuti /umuti/ | mti /mti/ | mti /mti/ |
| Casa | nyumba /ɲumba/ | nyumba /ɲumba/ | nyumba /ɲumba/ | nyumba /ɲumba/ | nyumba /ɲumba/ | kaya /kaja/ | nyumba /ɲumba/ |
| Cão | mbwa /mbwa/ | nshenye /nʃeɲe/ | mbwa /mbwa/ | mbwa /mbwa/ | imbwa /imbwa/ | mbwa /mbwa/ | mbwa /mbwa/ |
| Gato | paka /paka/ | paka /paka/ | paka /paka/ | paka /paka/ | paka /paka/ | paka /paka/ | paka /paka/ |
| Mão | ukono /ukono/ | nkono /nkono/ | kùoòko /kuoːko/ | nkono /nkono/ | ukuboko /ukuboko/ | ikobo /ikoβo/ | mkono /mkono/ |
| Olho | izo /izo/ | liso /liso/ | rítiò /ɾitio/ | diso /diso/ | iriiso /iɾiːso/ | liso /liso/ | jicho /dʒitʃo/ |
| Olá | nashukuru /naʃukuɾu/ | nakushukuru /nakuʃukuɾu/ | máshàlòmà /maʃaloma/ | mwadzukabwanji /mwadzukabwandʒi/ | mbukire /mbukiɾe/ | mwadita /mwadita/ | shiloi /ʃiloi/ |
| Obrigado | asante /asante/ | nashukuru /naʃukuɾu/ | ahsànte /ahsante/ | ndatenda /ndatenda/ | ahsante /ahsante/ | twabakaba /twaβakaβa/ | mwasanga /mwasaŋɡa/ |
| Um | imo /imo/ | nimo /nimo/ | ìmwí /imwi/ | posi /posi/ | umwe /umwe/ | imo /imo/ | imwe /imwe/ |
| Bom | hedi /hedi/ | shibwana /ʃibwana/ | ìchá /itʃa/ | nadidi /nadidi/ | kihi /kihi/ | lihi /lihi/ | mwamba /mwamba/ |
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