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Posted by: Anonymous on Apr. 13, 2023, 01:01
Add the following languages for comparison
Twi, Ewe, Bambara, Sango, Linguala, Kongo, Tshibula, Kinyarwanda, Luganda, Chewa, Shona Dinka, Nuer, Kalenjin, Luo, Acoli, Karamojong, Maasai, Fon, and Umbudu
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Posted by: Vincent on Apr. 16, 2023, 16:29
Hello,
Thank you for your interest. I could include the languages from the list for which I have reliable sources. Any help/comment on roots and phonetics is always helpful. Here several comparisons you can trigger: Acholi (Acoli) to Luo language comparison Nuer to Acholi (Acoli) language comparison These have a low genetic distance and belong all to the Nilo-Saharan macrofamily, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic subgroup. Some like Bambara (a language from the Mande family) and Maasai (Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic group) are quite isolated in the list. The source for Maasai is perhaps not ideal since a proximity to Nuer, Acholi and Luo should be visible. Here the nearest comparison for Maasai in our list, Nuer: Maasai to Nuer language comparison A few interesting comparisons within the Bantu group of languages: Luganda to Bemba language comparison Kinyarwanda to Kongo language comparison Zulu to Lingala language comparison Swahili to Comorian language comparison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by: Anonymous on Apr. 17, 2023, 19:53
Here is a list of similar Kongo and Lingala words.How do you thing about these words
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Posted by: Vincent on Apr. 18, 2023, 21:57
Can you be more specific with these words? For which English meaning? In any case, such remarks are very useful, thank you! Here is the present detail result for Kongo to Lingala:
Kongo to Lingala language comparison
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Posted by: Anonymous on May 3, 2023, 15:23
Here is a example comparison and translation between the Luba-Kasai language and English. Can you add Luba-Kasai to the comparison?
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Posted by: Vincent on May. 3, 2023, 22:08
Done ;-) Here is a comparison between Luba-Kasai and Swahili as an example:
Luba-Kasai to Swahili language comparison
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Posted by: Anonymous on May 12, 2023, 17:21
I will have you try to add the Shona and Umbundu languages from Southern Africa. We will be translating words from both languages from English. Can you add these language to the comparison?
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Posted by: Vincent on May. 13, 2023, 12:47
Thank you for your contribution - these two languages are now online. I also added other Bantu languages: Xhosa, Tsonga, Sepedi and Sesotho. Here is a comparison between Shona and Umbundu as an example:
Shona to Umbundu language comparisonHere Xhosa to Tsonga: Xhosa to Tsonga language comparison and Sesotho to Sepedi: Sesotho to Sepedi language comparison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by: Anonymous on May 16, 2023, 20:19
Can you add the new-added languages to the evolutionary tree and the map?
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Posted by: Vincent on May. 16, 2023, 20:33
I can add the Bantu tree with the added languages - for now separately:
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Posted by: Anonymous on May 18, 2023, 17:08
This is the words for the Akan language from Ghana. Can you add Akan to the language comparison?
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Posted by: Anonymous on May 18, 2023, 17:47
Kanuri is a Nilo-Saharan language of Saharan origin. Here is a translation of words from English and Kanuri.
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Posted by: Vincent on May. 19, 2023, 21:49
I have added Akan as Twi as Akan is a group of languages of which Twi is a member and the sample you sent corresponds to Twi (double check in Google Translate). Re. Kanuri, we have
an issue with the double check in ASJP: I have left notes where there is a difference between your sample and the ASJP data.
Here is a view of the Twi and Kanuri words (they are not related, but just for the sake of visualisation):
Twi to Kanuri language comparisonThank you and all the best! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by: Anonymous on June 30, 2023, 16:25
Can I have you add 3 more Bantu languages?- Kimbundu - Luba-Katanga - Kwaya
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Posted by: Vincent on July 3, 2023, 23:27
Done :-)Thank you and all the best! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by: Kwanamuwelo on July 24, 2023, 01:50
Can you add this langauge to the comparison?English Makhuwa
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Posted by: Vincent on August 23, 2023, 20:09
Done :-)I have also changed the words 'Name' and 'You (thou)' in Kongo as you requested. Please next time send me you email address if possible - it will make communication easier, which is interesting since you gave great contribution so far. Email adress will not be displayed here. Best regards |
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