Kĩembu
恩布語
Niger-Congo (Atlantic-Congo, Bantu, E.50)
Embu (Kĩembu) is a Bantu language of the Central Kenya Highlands spoken by the Embu people of Embu County and adjacent Tharaka-Nithi and Kirinyaga counties on the southeastern slopes of Mount Kenya, with ~600K speakers. It belongs to the Bantu E.50 (Central Kenya Bantu) group together with Kikuyu (ki, kik), Meru (mer), Kamba (kam) and others, and shares many cognates and grammatical features with these neighbors. Like other Bantu languages, Embu has a noun-class system (~18 classes), agglutinative verbal morphology, and tonal phonology. Recognized as an indigenous Kenyan language under the 2010 constitution. Strong oral tradition; bible translation completed late 20th century.
使用地區
恩布語嘅20個核心詞
水
mai
/mai/
火
mwaki
/mwaki/
日頭
rĩũa
/ɾiua/
月光
mweri
/mweɾi/
母親
mami
/mami/
父親
baba
/baba/
食
kũrĩa
/kuɾia/
飲
kũnyua
/kuɲua/
愛
wendo
/wendo/
心
ngoro
/ŋɡoɾo/
樹
mũtĩ
/muti/
屋
nyũmba
/ɲumba/
狗
ngui
/ŋɡui/
貓
nyau
/ɲau/
手
guoko
/ɡuoko/
眼
riitho
/ɾiːθo/
你好
mwega
/mweɡa/
多謝
nĩ baba
/ni baba/
一
ĩmwe
/imwe/
好
mwega
/mweɡa/
來源
- Ethnologue: ebu
- Mwaniki (1973) The Living History of Embu and Mbeere
- Maho (2009) NUGL Online (Bantu E.50 group)
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| 意思 | 恩布語 | 基庫尤語 | 梅魯語 | 坎巴語 | 阿蘇語 | 尼亞圖魯語 | 尚巴拉語 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 水 | mai /mai/ | maaĩ /maːi/ | rũũjĩ /ɾuːdʒi/ | kĩw'ũ /kiwu/ | mende /mende/ | maazi /maːzi/ | mazi /mazi/ |
| 火 | mwaki /mwaki/ | mwaki /mwaki/ | mwaki /mwaki/ | mwaki /mwaki/ | mshika /mʃika/ | moto /moto/ | moto /moto/ |
| 日頭 | rĩũa /ɾiua/ | rĩũa /ɾiwa/ | rĩũa /ɾiua/ | syũa /sjua/ | nyu /ɲu/ | nzua /nzua/ | zuwa /zuwa/ |
| 月光 | mweri /mweɾi/ | mweri /mweɾi/ | mweri /mweɾi/ | mwei /mwei/ | mwezi /mwezi/ | umweri /umweɾi/ | mwezi /mwezi/ |
| 母親 | mami /mami/ | maitũ /maitu/ | mami /mami/ | mwaitũ /mwaitu/ | mama /mama/ | mama /mama/ | mama /mama/ |
| 父親 | baba /baba/ | baba /baba/ | baba /baba/ | asa /asa/ | baba /baba/ | tata /tata/ | baba /baba/ |
| 食 | kũrĩa /kuɾia/ | kũrĩa /kuɾia/ | kũrĩa /kuɾia/ | kũya /kuja/ | kurya /kuɾja/ | kuria /kuɾia/ | kuya /kuja/ |
| 飲 | kũnyua /kuɲua/ | kũnyua /kuɲua/ | kũnyũa /kuɲua/ | kũnywa /kuɲwa/ | kunwa /kunwa/ | kunywa /kuɲwa/ | kunywa /kuɲwa/ |
| 愛 | wendo /wendo/ | wendo /wendo/ | wendo /wendo/ | wendo /wendo/ | lumba /lumba/ | butogwa /butoɡwa/ | kwenda /kwenda/ |
| 心 | ngoro /ŋɡoɾo/ | ngoro /ŋɡoɾo/ | ngoro /ŋɡoɾo/ | ngoo /ŋɡoː/ | ngiti /ŋɡiti/ | umutima /umutima/ | mwoyo /mwojo/ |
| 樹 | mũtĩ /muti/ | mũtĩ /muti/ | mũtĩ /muti/ | mũtĩ /muti/ | mti /mti/ | umuti /umuti/ | mti /mti/ |
| 屋 | nyũmba /ɲumba/ | nyũmba /ɲumba/ | nyomba /ɲomba/ | nyũmba /ɲumba/ | nyumba /ɲumba/ | nyumba /ɲumba/ | nyumba /ɲumba/ |
| 狗 | ngui /ŋɡui/ | ngui /ŋɡui/ | ngiti /ŋɡiti/ | ngitĩ /ŋɡiti/ | mbwa /mbwa/ | imbwa /imbwa/ | mbwa /mbwa/ |
| 貓 | nyau /ɲau/ | nyaũ /ɲau/ | nyau /ɲau/ | mbaka /mbaka/ | paka /paka/ | paka /paka/ | paka /paka/ |
| 手 | guoko /ɡuoko/ | guoko /ɡuoko/ | njara /ndʒaɾa/ | kw'oko /kwoko/ | mkono /mkono/ | ukuboko /ukuboko/ | ukono /ukono/ |
| 眼 | riitho /ɾiːθo/ | riitho /riːθo/ | rĩĩthwa /ɾiːθwa/ | ĩtho /iθo/ | jicho /dʒitʃo/ | iriiso /iɾiːso/ | izo /izo/ |
| 你好 | mwega /mweɡa/ | wĩmwega /wimweɡa/ | mwega /mweɡa/ | mwĩaĩle /mwiaile/ | shiloi /ʃiloi/ | mbukire /mbukiɾe/ | nashukuru /naʃukuɾu/ |
| 多謝 | nĩ baba /ni baba/ | nĩ wega /ni weɡa/ | nĩ baba /ni baba/ | nĩ vinya /ni viɲa/ | mwasanga /mwasaŋɡa/ | ahsante /ahsante/ | asante /asante/ |
| 一 | ĩmwe /imwe/ | ĩmwe /imwe/ | ĩmwe /imwe/ | ĩmwe /imwe/ | imwe /imwe/ | umwe /umwe/ | imo /imo/ |
| 好 | mwega /mweɡa/ | wega /weɡa/ | mwega /mweɡa/ | museo /museo/ | mwamba /mwamba/ | kihi /kihi/ | hedi /hedi/ |
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