Ndali language
Bantu language spoken in Tanzania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ndali, or Chindali, is a Bantu language spoken by an increasing population in southern Tanzania of 150,000 (1987) and in northern Malawi by 70,000 (2003).
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Ndali | |
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Chindali | |
Native to | Tanzania, Malawi |
Ethnicity | Ndali |
Native speakers | (220,000 cited 1987–2003)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ndh |
Glottolog | ndal1241 |
M.301 [2] |
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Sukwa, or Chisukwa, spoken in the Misuku Hills of northern Malawi, is closely related to Ndali, and both languages are fairly close to Lambya.[3]
The examples below come in the order Lambya, Ndali, Sukwa, showing the similarity of vocabulary:[4]
- Person = umunthu, umundu, umundu
- Grasshopper = imphanzi, imbashi, imbasi
- Scorpion = kalizga, kalisha, kalisya
- Maize = ivilombe, ifilombe, ifilombe
- Dog = imbwa, ukabwa, ukabwa
- Bird = chiyuni, kayuni, kayuni
- Snail = inkhozo, ingofu, ingofo