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 Culture / Re: Origin Of The Bantu Peoples: Eastern Nigeria/Western Cameroun? by EMG1195: 10:49pm On Sep 11, 2013 |
NUMBERS 1-10 in various world languages: Numbers in Million-Speaker Languages The roughly 200 languages with over a million native speakers (taken from David Crystal). Don't take the cutoffs too seriously-- estimates of numbers of speakers are often extremely unreliable. Why native speakers? Because while counting native speakers is hard, counting second-language speakers is pretty much impossible. Often no figures at all are available; or if numbers exist, there's no way of knowing where they came from or what kind of fluency was measured. Languages in red are the twelve languages with the greatest number of speakers-- over 100 million or so. Indo-European Germanic English one two three four five six seven eight nine ten Dutch een twee drie vier vijf zes zeven acht negen tien Afrikaans een twee drie vier vyf ses sewe agt nege tien German eins zwei drei vier fünf sechs sieben acht neun zehn Norwegian en to tre fire fem seks sju åtte ni ti Danish én to tre fire fem seks syv otte ni ti Swedish en två tre fyra fem sex sju åtta nio tio Italic Italian uno due tre quattro cinque sei sette otto nove dieci Sardinian unu duos tres báttor chimbe ses sette otto nove deghe Spanish uno dos tres cuatro cinco seis siete ocho nueve diez Catalan un dos tres quatre cinc sis set vuit nou deu Portuguese um dois três quatro cinco seis sete oito nove dez French un deux trois quatre cinq six sept huit neuf dix Provençal un dous tres quatre cinq sièis sèt vue nòu dès Romanian un doi trei patru cinci s,ase s,apte opt nouâ zece Celtic Breton unan daou tri pewar pemp c'hwec'h seizh eizh nav dek Hellenic Greek éna dío tría téssera pénte éksi eptá októ ennéa déka Albanian Albanian një dy tre katër pesë gjashtë shtatë tetë nëntë dhiet Armenian Armenian me'g y-ergu y-erek chors hinq vets yo't'n ut inn das Baltic Lithuanian víenas dù try~s keturì penkì sheshì septynì ashtuonì devynì de:shimt Latvian viêns divi trî:s chetri pìeci seshi septini astôni devini desmit Slavic Russian odín dva tri chety're pyat' shest' sem' vósem' dévyat' désyat' Belarussian íadzín dva try chaty'ry piac' eshesc' sem vósem dzéviac' dzésiac' Ukrainian ody'n dva tri choty'ry pyat' ishist' isim íivísim devyat' desyat' Polish jeden dwa trzy cztery pie,c' szes'c' siedem osiem dziewie,c' dziesie,c' Czech jeden dvê tr^i chtyr^i pêt shest sedm osm devêt deset Slovak jeden dva tri shtyri pät' shest' sedem osem devät' desat' Bulgarian edín dva tri chétiri pet shest sédem ósem dévet déset Macedonian eden dva tri chetiri pet shest sedum osum devet deset Serbo-Croat jèdan dvâ trî chètiri pêt shêst sëdam ösam dëve:t dëse:t Slovene èn dvâ tríjê, shtírje pê,t shê,st sédem ó,sem devê,t desê,t Indo-Iranian Iranian Pashto yau dwa dre shala:r pinz'a shpag uwa ata neha las Farsi yak du: si chaha:r panj shash haft hasht nu dah Tajik yak du se chor panch, shash kh.aft kh.asht nu:kh. dakh. Kermanji Kurdish yak du: se: chwa:r pe:nj shash hawt hasht no: da Zaga Kurdish e:k dô se: cha:r pe:nj shash haft hasht na da Baluchi yak do: sai cha:r panch shash haft hasht noh dah Indic Sinhalese eka deka tun.a hatara paha haya hata ata navaya dahaya Kashmiri ake zah trih tsôr pönts she:h sat' öti nav dah Marathi e:k 'do:n ti:n cha:r pã:ts saha: sa:t a:t' nau: da:ha: Konkani ye:k do:n ti:n cha:r pã:ts sho: sa:t a:t nav d'a: Sindhi heku bba te: cha:re panja ch'a sata at' nawa ddaha Lahnda hikk do:e: trä cha:r pañ ch'e: satt att' nå~ da:h Hindi/Urdu e:k do: ti:n cha:r pa:nch chha sa:t a:th nau das Punjabi ikk do: tinn cha:r pañj ch'ai satt a:tt' nau das Gujarati e:k be tran. cha:r pã:ch ch'a sa:t a:t' naw das Rajasthani (Marwari) e:k do:y ti:n chya:r pã:ch ch'aw sa:t a:t' naw das Malvi e:k do: ti:n cha:r pã:ch ch'e: sa:t a:t' naw das Bhili e:k be: te:n. sya:r pã:s so: xa:t a:t' naw dax Kumauni e:k dwi: ti:n cha:r pã:ch ch'ai sa:t a:t' nau das Garhwali e:k dwi: ti:n cha:r pã:ch ch'ai: sa:t a:t' nau das Khandeshi e:k do:n ti:n cha:r pa:ch ch'a sa:t a:t' naü das Nepali ek dui tin cha:r pa:nch cha sa:t a:t nau das Maithili ek du: ti:n cha:ri pã:ch ch'a: sa:t a:t' náu dash Magahi e:k du: ti:n cha:r pã:ch ch'au sa:t a:t' nau das Bhojpuri e:k du: ti:n cha:r pã:ch ch'aw sa:t a:t' naw das Awadhi (Kosali) e:k do: ti:n cha:r pã:ch ch'a sa:t a:t' nau das Chattis-garhi e:k dui ti:n cha:r pã:ch ch'e: sa:t a:t' no: das Oriya e:ka dui tini chi:ri pã:cha ch'a sa:ta a:t'a naa dasha Bengali ek dui tin cha:ri pã:ch ch'ay sa:t a:t nay dash Assamese ek dui tini sa:ri pã:s sôy xa:t a:t' nô do:h Dravidian Kurukh on.ta: en.d mun.d na:x pañche: ch'au satte: a:th nau dasse: Telugu okati rendu mu:du na:lugu ayidu a:ru e:du enimidi: tommidi: padi Gondi un.di: rran.d mun.d na:lungg saiyungg sa:rungg ye:r.ungg ar.mur unma: pad Tulu wonji rraddä mu:ji n.a:tü cinä a:ji ye:tr.. yen.ma wormba pattü Kannada ondu erDu muuru naaku aydu aaru eeLu eNTu ombattu hattu Toda wïd e:d mu:d no:ng üz, o:r öw öt wïnboth pot Kota vodde yede mu:n.de na:ke anje a:re ye:ye yette vorapa:de patte Tamil (Malabar) ondru iranda rmu:ndru na:tu cindn a:ru e:ru ettu onbadu pattu Malayalam onnu randu moonu nalu anchu aaru aazhu yettu ompathu pathu Afro-Asiatic Semitic Arabic wa:h.id ithna:n thala:thah 'arba'ah xamsah sittah sab'ah thama:niyyah tis'ah 'asharah Modern Hebrew 'axat shtayim shalosh 'arba xamesh shesh sheva' shmone tesha 'eser Amharic and hulät sost arat ammist siddist säbat simmint zät'äññ asir Tigrinya hade kelette sälästes 'arba'te hammushte shuddushte shob'atte shommänte tosh'atte 'assärte CW Gurage at kwet sost arbät amest sedest säbat sumut zhätä aser Shilha yan sin krad kkuz semmus sdis sa ttam ttza mraw Kabyle wah.ed ju,j tlata rebea xemsa setta sebea tmanya tesea eecr.a Omotic Walamo (Ometo) ista naa?a hezza oydda iccaca usuppuna laappuna hoospuna Cushitic Somali mid-ki lába-di sádehh-dí áfar-ti shan-ti lehh-di todòba-di sidèd-di sagàl-kí tòban-ki Oromo (Galla) tokko lama sadii afur shan ja?a torba saddeet sagal kud'a Chadic Hausa d`aya biyu ukù hud`u bìyar shidà bakwài takwàs tarà go:ma Caucasian Georgian erti ori sami otxi xuti ekvsi shvidi rva cxra ati Nilo-Saharan Luo achiel ariyo adek angwen abich auchiel abiriyo aboro ongachiel apar Dinka tok róu dyak 'nguan wdyech wdetem wderóu bêt wde-nguan wtyer Kanuri tilo ndi yakke dege uwu araske tulur wusku legar mewu Songhai fo hinka hinja taaci gu iddu iyye yaaha yagga woy Niger-Congo Mande Malinke kiling fula saba nani lulu woro worõ-ula segi konõto tã Bambara kelen fila saba naani duuru wòoro wolonfla segi kòno:ntò tan Dyula kele fila sawa nani luri woro woromvla syegi konondo tã Mende yilá felé sawá nááni lóólu wóíta wófela wáyákpá táálú pu West Atlantic Fulani (Fula) go'o d`id`- tat- nay- jow- joweego'o joweed`id`- joweetat- joweenay- sappo Wolof benn nyaar nyett nyent dyuroom dyuroom benn dyuroom nyaar dyuroom nyett dyuroom nyent fukk Temne p'in pârâng pâ-sa:s p'angle tr'amat tr'amat ro k'in tr'amat de râng tr'amat re sas tr'amat ro ng'angle tr'ofatr Kisi -pile -mun -ña -holu -ngwenu -ngwompum -ngwom--mew -ngwommaa -ngwommaholu to North Central Bete blo so ta mona ngbi ngbopro ngbiso ngbota ngbumona koba Mossi (More) yémbò yiibú tããbó naasé nú~u~ yoobé yopoe níì wáe píiga Gurma ye:l nIe nta nna nnu nlwob lule nnii nyie pig Sango óko óse otá osió ukú omaná mbásámbárá miombe ngombáyá bale óko Zande sa ue biata biama bisue bisue bati sa bisue bati ue bisue bati biata bisue bati biama báwe South Central Ijo kenÍ maamú tàáru nóín sónrón sòn'die sónóma níníni isé óí Akan (Twi) ekó abien' abiêsá anán anúm asiá asón awotwe akrón edú Ewe deká eve eto ene ató~ adé adré enyí enyíde ewó Fong d,ê wè àtòn ènè àtóòn àyìzén tènwè tàntòn tènnè wô Yoruba ení èjì èta èrin àrún èfà èje èjo èsán èwá Bini (Edo) ókpá èvá èhá èné ìsén éhàn ìhínròn èrènrén ìhìnrín ìgbé Ibo (Igbo) otu aboa ato anô ise isi asa asato iteghete iri Efik kyèt ìba ìtá ìnang ìtyôn ìtyôkyet ìtyâba ìtyâitá ùsúk-kyèt dwòp Non-Bantu Bantoid Tiv mòm' -hár' -tár' -nyíìn` -táàn` átárátár' -táàn` kàr` -hár' ányíghènyíì -táàn` kàr` -nyíìn` púwè Bantu Duala -wó -bâ -lálò -neí -tánù mutóba sâmbá lombi dibuá dóm Fang fokh bè lal né tan samé nzanggwal ôngwam ébul awôm Lingala (Losengo) moko mibale misato minei mitano motoba nsambo mwambe libwa jomi Kikuyu û-mwe î-îrî î-tatû î-na î-tano î-tandatû mûgwanja î-nana kenda ikûmi Kamba i~mwe ili~ itatu~ inya ita:no thanthatu~ mu~onza nyanya kenda i~ku~mi Nyamwezi -mó -BÍli -dátu -ne -táanó -tandáto m`púúngatÍ m`naáné keendaá ikumí Swahili moja mbili tatu nne tano sita saba nane tisa kumi Kikongo koxi kole kutatu kuya kutanu kusambanu nsambwadi enana evwa ekumi Kimbundu moxi iari tatu uana tanu samanu sambuari nake ivua kuinii Luganda emu bbiri ssatu nnya ttaano mukaaga musanvu munaana mwenda kkumi Luhya -lala -bili -taru -ne -raano -sasaba musaafu munaane shienda ekhumi Rwanda limwe kabili gatatu kane gatanu gatandatu kalindwi umunani icyenda icumi Rundi -mwe -biri -tatu -ne -ta:nu -tandatu indwi umuna:ni i-ce:nda i-cumi Nyankole -mwe -Biri -shatu -na -taano omsha:nzhu omnaana omwe:nda ikumi Nkore-Kiga emwe ibiri ishatu ina itaano mukaaga mushanju munaana mwenda ikumi Chokwe káxi kári tátu uana mu-tânu mu-sambânu ximbiári nake ívua kúmi Luba mó 'bili 'satu 'nna táno sámba habúlwa mwánda mwánda kítema ií-kumi Bemba cimo fibili fitatu fine fisano mutanda cine lubali cine konse konse pabula ikumi limo Nyanja chimodzi ziwiri zitatu zinai zisanu zisanu ndi chimodzi zisanu ndi ziwiri zisanu ndi zitatu zisanu ndi zinai khumi Makonde -mo -vili -tatu -nsheshe mwanu mwanu na -mo mwanu na -vili mwanu na -tatu mwanu na nsheshe kumi Makua èmózà píli tháru xéxè tânu tânu ná mózà tânu ná píli tânu ná tháru tânu ná xéxè m'lókò Shona motsi piri tatu china shanu tanhatu chinomwe rusere pfumbamwe gumi Setswana mongwe- fêla bababêch babararo babanê babatlhano babarataro bashupa bafêra menô êmêbedi bafêra monô ole mongwe leshomê N Sotho tee pedi tharo nne hlano tshela shupa seswai senyane lesome Sesotho te' veli raro nne xlano selela shupa phetha phetha momo o' te' lesome Xhosa nye b`ini thathu ne hlanu thandathu sosixhenxe sosibhozo solithoba solishumi Zulu nye bili tatu ne hlanu isitupa isikombisa shiyangalombili shiyagalolunye ishumi Swazi (Swati) -nyé -bilí -tsâtfu -ne -sihlánu -si--tfûpha -li--sôntfo -siphóhlôngo -yimfîcá -li--shûmi Ndebele -nye -bili -thathu -ne -hlanu isithupha isikhombisa ficaminwembili ficamunwemunye itshumi Tsonga n'we -mbirhi -nharhu mune ntlhanu tsevu nkombo nhungu kaye khume Ronga -ñwe -birji -rjarju mune ntlhanu ntlhanu na xiñwe ntlhanu na bsibirji ntlhanu na bsirjarju ntlhanu na mune khume Tonga Imhambane -mwi -bili -tatu -ne -sanu -sanu mu--mwi -sanu mu--bili -sanu mu--tatu -sanu mu--ne ikumi Uralic Finnic Finnish yksi kaksi kolme neljä viisi kuusi seitsemän kahdeksan yhdeksän kymmenen Estonian üks kaks kolm neli viis kuus seitse kaheksa üheksa kümme Mordvin veike kavto kolmi nile vete koto sisem kavkso veikse kemen' Ugric Hungarian egy ketto" három négy öt hat hét nyolc kilenc tíz Altaic Turkic Turkish bir iki üç dört bes, alti yedi sekiz dokuz on Turkmen bir iki uch dört besh alti yedi sekiz dokuz on Azerbaijani bir iki üch dörd besh altI yeddi säkkiz dogguz on Uyghur bir ikki üch tört bæsh altæ yættæ sækkiz toqquz on Uzbek bir ikki uch tûrt besh olti yetti sakkiz tûkkiz ûn Bashkir ber ike ös dürt bish altI ete higedh tughIdh un Tatar ber ike öch dürt bish altï jide sigez tugïz un Kazakh bir yeki ush tort bes alti zhetti segiz toghiz on Kyrghyz bir eki üch tört besh alty jeti segiz toghuz on Chuvash per ik vizh'e tavat pilek ult zh'ic sakar taxar vun Korean Korean hana tul set net tasôt yôsôt ilgop yôdôl ahop yôl Sino-Korean il i sam sa o yuk ch'il p'al ku sip Japanese native Japanese hitotsu futatsu mittsu yottsu itsutsu muttsu nanatsu yattsu kokonotsu to: Sino-Japanese ichi ni san shi go roku shichi hachi ku juu Miao-Yao Miao (Hmong) ib ob peb plaub tsib rau xyaa yim cuaj kaum Mien (Yao) yietc i buo biei biaa juqv siec hietc nduoh ziepc Tai Northern Li i trau s'u s'o pa tom thau au fe fuot Southern Li ki dau s'u s'a:u ma nom thu du pe phuot Thai nyng2 song3 sa:m3 si:2 ha:4 hog2 ced2 ped2 kazh4 sib2 Lao neu:ng 33 sohng 214 sam 214 si 33 ha 31 ho:k 44 che:t 44 bpaat 31 gow: 53 si:p 44 Shan nu.ng 51 s'ång 51 s'a:m 15 s'i: 11 ha: 51 ho:k 44 sit 44 pit 11 kau 51 s'ip 44 Puyi deu1 song1 sam1 si5 ha3 zok7 ch'at pet7 ku3 ch'ip8 Austro-Asiatic Mon-Khmer Vietnamese mô.t hai ba bô'n nâm sáu báy tám chín mu'ò'i Khmer muy pir bei buon pra:m pra:m muy pra:m pil pra:m bei pra:m buon da:p Munda Mundari mid baria apia upunia mon.r.ea turuia ea írilia area gelea Santali mit ba:r-ea pä-a: po:n-ei: må~å~ turu:i e:a:e ira:l a:rü gül Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Mandarin yi 55 er 51 san 55 sì 51 wu 214 liu 51 qi 55 ba 55 ji 214 shi 35 Shanghainese i? 5 liã 13 se 53 sz 35 ng 13 lo? 13 chhi? 5 pa? 5 jigh 35 she? 1 Cantonese yat 55 yih 22 saam 55 sei 33 ngh 35 luhk 22 chat 55 baat 33 gáu 35 sahp 22 N. Min (Fúzhou) sio? 4 lang 242 sang 44 se 213 ngo 242 lek 4 chhek 23 paik 23 kau 31 sek 4 S. Min (Xiàmén) chit 5 nng 33 sã 55 si 11 gô 33 lak 5 chhit 32 poe? 32 kau 51 tsap 5 Hakka (Siyan) yt 21 ñi 42 sam 44 si 42 ng 31 liuk 21 tshit 21 pat 21 kiu 31 ship 5 Bai (Minchia) ji 44 a 31 kou 33 sa 55 s;i 44 mu 33 fv 44 ts;hi 44 pia 44 ts;y 33 tsi 42 Tibeto-Burman Tibetan (Bhotia) chi nyi sum shi nga truk. dün gye gu chu Burmese tiq hniq thoùn lè ngà c'auq k'un-hniq shiq kò s'eh Austronesian Western Northern Philippines Ilokano maysa dua tallo uppat lima innem pito walo siam sangapulo Meso-Philippine Tagalog isá dalawá tatló ápat limá ánim pitó waló siyám sampû Bikol (Naga) saró' duwá tuló apát limá anóm pitó waló siyám sampúlo' Cebuano usá duhá tulú upát limá unúm pitú walú siyám napúluq Ilonggo isá duhá tátlu ápata limá ánum pitú walú siyám púluq Celebes Buginese seua dua tellu eppa lima enneng pitu arua asera pulo Borneo Malagasy iráy róa télo éfatra dímy énina fíto válo sívy fólo Kapuas (Ngaju) ijé dué teló epat limé jahawen oju hanga jalatien sapuluh Sundic Javanese siji loro telu papat lima enem pitu wolu sanga sepuluh Sundanese hidji dua tilu opat lima genep tudjuh dalapan salapan sapuluh Balinese sa dua telu empat lima enem pitu akutus asia adasa Batak (Toba) sada duwa tolu opat lima onom pitu uwalu siga sappalu Madurese settong dhy tello' empa' lema' ennem petto' ballu' sanga' sapolo Minangkabau ciek duo tigo ampek limo anam tujuah salapan sambilan puluah Indonesian (Malay) satu dua tiga empot lima enam tudjuh delapan sembilan sepuluh Achinese sa duwa lhee peuet limöng nam tujôh lapan sikureueng plôh Aztec-Tanoan Nahuatl ce ome eyi nahui macuilli chicuace chicome chicueyi chiconahui ma'tlactli Penutian Quiché hun cab ox cah oo vacac vucub vahxac beleh lahuh Andean Quechua A huk ishkay kima chusku pitsqa hoqta qanchis puwaq isqun chunka Quechua B huk iskay kimsa tawa pichqa soqta qanchis pusaq isqon chunka Aymara maya paya quimsa pusi phesqa sojhta paqallqo quimsaqallqo llätunca tunca Equatorial Guarani peteî mokôi mbohapï irundï po poteî pokôi poapï porundï popá Pidgins and Creoles Tok Pisin wan tu tri foa faiv sikis seven et nain ten Haitian Creole youn dé twa kat senk sis sét uit néf dis http://www.zompist.com/million.htm |
| Culture / Re: Origin Of The Bantu Peoples: Eastern Nigeria/Western Cameroun? by EMG1195: 10:38pm On Sep 11, 2013 |
Tony Spike: Egyptologist, Abbe Emile Amelineau was an authority on the proto egyptians this is what he said about the Anu; "These Anu were agricultural people, raising cattle on a large scale along the Nile, shutting themselves up in walled cities for defensive purposes. To this people we can attribute without fear of error, the most ancient Egyptian books, The Book of The Dead and the Text of the Pyramids, consequently all the myths of religious teachings. I would add almost all the philospohical systems then known and still called Egyptian. They evidently knew the crafts necessary for any civilization and were familiar with the tools those trades required. They knew how to use metals . . . They made the earliest attempts at writing, for the whole Egyptian tradition attributes this art to Thoth, the great Hermes, an Anu like Osiris, who is called Onian in chapter fifteen of The Book of the Dead and in the Texts of the Pyramids. Certainly the people already knew the principal arts; it left proof of this in the architecture of the tombs at Abydos, especially the tomb of Osiris, and in those sepulchres objects have been found bearing the unmistakeable stamp of their origin - such as carved ivory . . . . All those cities [Ant, Annu Menti, Aunti, Aunyt-Seni today called Esneh, Erment, Quoch, and Heliopolis] have the characteristic symbol which serves to denote the name Anu” --Abbe Emile Amelineau 1850-1916 CE |
| Culture / Re: Origin Of The Bantu Peoples: Eastern Nigeria/Western Cameroun? by EMG1195: 2:17am On Sep 11, 2013 |
brainwave360: The original Egyptians were Bantus who lived in the sahara desert before it dried up. This proto egyptians were called the ANU. When the Sahara desert began to dry up this proto egyptians migrated in deferent directions: This Anu are the distant ancestors of the Dogon, wolof, yoruba, ibo, etc. It is this Anu who built megaliths allover the world beginning in the Sahara. The Nabta Playa megalith, built by the ANU, before ancient egypt came into existence is the oldest in the world: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyOnNNHS004 http://wysinger.homestead.com/nabtaplaya.html When the Anu moved to present day egypt they mixed with nubians to create the ancient egyptians. This is why the Egyptian culture has both Bantu and Nilotic traits. The egyptians practiced circumcision which is a very old bantu custom. |
| Culture / Re: Origin Of The Bantu Peoples: Eastern Nigeria/Western Cameroun? by EMG1195: 11:10pm On Sep 06, 2013 |
moksofafrica: Hey man from cameroon, i think i found another kenyan tribe that you maybe related to... the luhya/wanga tribes who live on the kenya/uganda border. The Bakweri may originally have come from east africa, in her book the "THE NOUN CLASS SYSTEM OF BAKWERI" cameroonian linguist BATE Beatrice BESSEM, claims that the bakweri came from an area in east africa between the nile and the congo. http://pubman.mpdl.mpg.de/pubman/item/escidoc:403421:3/component/escidoc:403420/bakweri_bate1987_o.pdf Secondly the the ancestral "father" of the Bakweri, Douala, Bakoko, etc, is a man called Nambongo, who is suggested to have migrated from Uganda. The name "Nambongo" is the traditional title of the king of the AbaWanga/luhya tribes of kenya which are related to the Baganda tribe of Uganda. The Cameroonian connection. The Wanga claim that: "The Wanga community originated from ancient Egypt from a person known as Makata between 4th and 5th century. They passed through Cameroon, Ethiopia, Uganda through Busoga; the Lake Victoria area in Kenya and as far as Naivasha and Kapsabet. They settled near Kaimosi in the 16th century under the rule of Nabongo Muwanga I who had sons: Wamoyi and Muwanga II. The title Nabongo refers to King. Muwanga II succeeded his late father as the Nabongo." http://wangakingdom.com/index.php/wan-kinship/history http://abawanga./2012/04/15/the-abawanga-tribe/ Luhya/wanga words: Luhya - English - swahili Nombi-i have constructed Yaho- there - hapo Shivuyi-Jerrican - mtungi Inguvu-clothes,- nguo Mboni-I am healed -,nimepona Ambele-he/she has given me,-amenipea Etsa-Look,-angalia Muliango- -door Mavuyu-egg Milembe- hallo -Salamu Ingo-Home,-nyumbani Lupanga- machete -panga Lijembe- hoe -Jembe Mundu-a person,mtu Makura-Oil,- mafuta Shikombe-Cup, -kikombe Amba-Nails,-kucha Shitabu-book Ivedia-Radio Itsu-house Shiteli-Bed Matuma-maize Tsingutsa-cabbage Musala-Tree vilao-shoes tsikwuyi-firewood Isimu-Phone,simu Vunyasi-grass,nyasi Ingokwo- chicken -kuku Injira-road Mabwoni-potatoes Maremwa-bananas Musatsa-A man Mwana-a child Mukhali-A woman Matsi-water Libokisi-box Vusi-Unga - corn meal Itivi-Television set Isugari-sugar Mulinjeti-blanket VUnyasi-grass Makhayo-cooked maize and beans,pure,githeri Inguleme-Pig Mikhonye-sugarcane Machani-tea Nguni-i am asleep,-nimelala Navi-i have knitted,nimeshona Mukoye-kamba - rope Musahi-blood Muchele-rice Inda-stomach Liswi-hair Vulwale-sickness/ugonjwa Shisinjiru-bathroom Mushele-grandmother/old woman Musakhulu-Old man Mukhali-a mother Musatsa-a father Muyahi-young man Mukhaa-young girl Ikavati-cupboard Vusala-porridge Isutsi-fish Vwina-deep hole/shimo Imbuli-goat Likondi-sheep Linyonyi-bird/ndege Nyasaye-Mungu/God Shivala-Earth/dunia |
| Culture / Re: Origin Of The Bantu Peoples: Eastern Nigeria/Western Cameroun? by EMG1195: 3:14am On Aug 27, 2013 |
A small list of Ancient Egyptian words which survive in the Igbo language [compared with kenyan kikuyu/swahili languages] EGYPTIAN | IGBO (Onitsha and Uburu dialects used) KAKA(God) | Ka (greater, superior) --- [kikuyu/swahili] Ka = small or tiny Khu (to kill, death) | Nwu/Gbu (die/to kill)--- [kikuyu/swahili] = Ku = to act, to do, to become. Em (smell) | Imi/Emi (nose, associated with smell) Bi (to become) | Bu (to become) un (living being) | Ndu (life) Feh (to go away) | Feh (to fly away) Budo (dwelling place) | Obodo/ubudo (country, dwelling place) Dudu (black image of Osiris) | Mmadu (person) --- [swahili] = dudu small animal Un (living person) | Ulo/Uno (living area, house) Beka (pray/confess) | Biko/Beko (to plead, please) Aru (mouth) | Onu (mouth) & kooh/Kwue (to speak) Dor (settlement) | Dor-Nor (sit down, settle) Ra -Shu (light after darkness) | La -Shu (sleep)--- [kikuyu] ri-owa [sun] Aru (rise) | Anu/Kulie (up, rise)--- [kikuyu] Ara hu ka = to rise Wu (rise) | KWu-ni/Kunie (rise) In- n (negation) nh-n (negation) Ma (to know) | Ma, Ma-li (to know) --- [kikuyu] maa = truth, --- [ancient egyptian] maat = truth, order, harmony. Se (to create) | Ke (to create) & Se (to draw) Hoo (rejoice) | Goo, ta-Goo (dance, rejoice) Omijener (deep water) | Ime-me (deep inside) Nen (the primeval water mother) | Nem (mother) Ro (talk) | Kwo (to talk) --- [kikuyu] Kwaria = to talk Penka (divide) Panje (break it) Ala (Land of) | Ala (Land of, ground, boundary) Amu (children) | Umu (children) Ani (ground land below) | Ani (ground land below)--- [kikuyu] Athi = ground Ka (higher) | Ka (greater, higher, stronger, above) Pa (open) | Meghee (open) Isi (leader) | Isi (leader, head (body part), female name as in igbo: “Isioma”) Oni (AE City) | Oni-tsha (Igbo City) Ikhenaten (name of a Pharaoh) | Ikh-em (Igbo name for a male representing high power) --- [kikuyu] Tene = long time ago Au-nu (Crocodile) | Anu/Anu-Ma-nu (animal, beast) [kikuyu] andu = people Miri (water) | Miri (water) --- [kikuyu] Kirima = spring of water Nahasu (other Blacks) | Ahasi/Ani-hasi (Evening, night) Ak (man) | Ok-a (man) Ehn/Hen (yes, nod head) | Eh (yes, nod head) Paa/Faa (fly) | Feeh/Faa (fly) Utcha (dawn) | Uchi-chi/Utchi-chi(night) MM (among) | Imme (inside, among) W (they) | Uwe (they, them) mag or magi [leader] --- [kikuyu] maki or mutamaki = leader. 3 Likes |
| Culture / Re: Origin Of The Bantu Peoples: Eastern Nigeria/Western Cameroun? by EMG1195: 2:37am On Aug 27, 2013 |
From theodora.com we get the following info on bantus: "(literally Ba-ntu) is the most archaic and most widely spread term for "men," "mankind," "people," in these languages. It also indicates aptly the leading feature of this group of tongues, which is the governing of the unchangeable root by prefixes. The syllable -ntu is nowhere found now standing alone, but it originally meant "object," or possibly "person." It is also occasionally used as a relative pronoun - "that," "that which," "he who." Combined with different prefixes it has different meanings. Thus (in the purer forms of Bantu languages) muntu means "a man," bantu means "men," kintu means "a thing," bintu " things," kantu means "a little thing," tuntu " little things," and so on." common bantu words across africa: chiken = kuku (nkuku, ngoko, nsusu, nguku, nku) ox = (-nombe, -ombe, -nte) goat (-budi, -buzi, -burl) pig (-guluba) buffalo (nyati) dog (mbwa) hippopotamus (-bugu, gubu) elephant (-jobo, -joko) house (-zo, -do, -yumba, -anda, -dago, -dabo) water (-ndi, -ndiba, mandiba) drum (ngoma) |
| Culture / Re: Origin Of The Bantu Peoples: Eastern Nigeria/Western Cameroun? by EMG1195: 2:02am On Aug 27, 2013 |
moksofafrica: I am a kenyan bantu from the kikuyu tribe and i think your tribe and mine are directly related. Firstly the kikuyu have a very strange naming system which is not found in any other tribe in east africa but which i am informed is common in cameroon. The children are named after the grand parents and other relatives in a very strict order: the first and second born children are named after the grandparents...the first born boy is named after the father's father while the first born girl is named after the mother's father, the same thing happens to the girls. Secondly, the name of your tribe "Bakweri" is interesting in kikuyu and swahili languges the name "kweri" means "truth" man moto - (lingala)moto - [kikuyu] modo [swahili] mutu [meaning person or human] men wato (douala)bato - [kikuyu] adu [swahili] watu meat nyama [kikuyu] nyama [swahili] nyama cow nyaka [kikuyu] ng'ombe [swahili] ng'ombe goat mboli [kikuyu] mbori [swahili] mbuzi elephant njoku [kikuyu] njogu [swahili] ndovu house ndawo (douala)dabo [kikuyu] nyumba [swahili] nyumba mother nyango\nyange [kikuyu] maitu/mami [swahili] mama nyanya[grandmother] father sango\sange [kikuyu] vava [swahili] baba water maliwa (douala)madiba [kikuyu] mai [swahili] maji |
| Culture / Re: Origin Of The Bantu Peoples: Eastern Nigeria/Western Cameroun? by EMG1195: 1:22am On Aug 27, 2013 |
Tony Spike: Kenyan bantu here i have been interested in the west african origin of of bantus for a long time... here are my surprising views on this issue: 1. East and south african bantus originated in west africa from the cameroun/nigeria border 1000 to 5000 yrs ago. 2. But here is where it gets interesting all west and east african bantu's and proto bantu's including yoruba and Ibos, the ancient egptians, etc, originally came from south africa!...10, 20,000, years ago. 3. Apparently the greatest ancient civilization that ever existed, is to be found not in egypt but in southern africa where there are more ten million mysterious stone structures, gold mines and astronomically oriented megaliths. 4. Something happened 10,000 years ago that forced the proto bantus who lived in southern africa to abandon the SA region and to settle in the then green Sahara desert. 5. When the sahara desert dried up the proto bantus moved again to west, east and southern africa. 6. There is one thing that east, west and south africans have in common and that is metallurgy... gold and iron mining and also circumcision and many other cultural traits. check out these videos to learn more about he so called Anunnaki sumerian civilization which in fact is nothing more than the great black Anu civilization... which created ancient egypt and the so called Mesopotamian civilization. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6b9-lXtKTM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTVShn1vKV0 |
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