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Comparison Luganda to Bemba
| English | Luganda | Bemba | Comments | Points
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| Death | -K-F-
Okufa | -K-F-W-
Kufwa [1] | Exact consonant match -K-/-K-
Exact consonant match -F-/-F-
| 66,67
| | Ear | -K-T-
Okutu | -K-T-W-
Kutwi | Exact consonant match -K-/-K-
Exact consonant match -T-/-T-
| 66,67
| | Eye | -R-S-
Eriiso | -L-N-S-
Linso | Exact consonant match -S-/-S-
Related consonant match -R-/-L-
| 56,67
| | Four | -B-N-
Bana, nnya | -N-
-Ne | Exact consonant match -N-/-N-
| 50,00
| | Hand | -M-K-N-
Omukono | -K-B-K-
Ukuboko | Exact consonant match -K-/-K-
Too weak signals, no point! Too weak signals, no point! Too weak signals, no point! | 0,00
| | I | -N-Z-
Nze | -N-
Ine | Exact consonant match -N-/-N-
| 50,00
| | Name | -R-N-
Erinnya | -SH-N-
Shina | Exact consonant match -N-/-N-
| 50,00
| | Night | -K-R-
Ekiro | -B-SH-K-
Bushiku | Too weak signals, no point! | 0,00
| | Nose | -N-D-
Ennyindo | -M-N-
Mona | Too weak signals, no point! | 0,00
| | Sun | -ZH-B-
Juba, Enjuba | -K-S-B-
Kasuba | Exact consonant match -B-/-B-
Related consonant match -ZH-/-S-
| 61,67
| | Three | -S-T-
Ssatu | -T-T-
-tatu | Exact consonant match -T-/-T-
Related consonant match -S-/-T-
| 92,50
| | Tongue | -L-L-M-
Olulimi | -L-L-M-
Lulimi | Exact consonant match -L-/-L-
Exact consonant match -L-/-L-
Exact consonant match -M-/-M-
| 100,00
| | Tooth | -R-N-
Erinnyo | -L-N-
Lino | Exact consonant match -N-/-N-
Related consonant match -R-/-L-
| 85,00
| | Two | -B-R-
Bbiri | -B-L-
-bili | Exact consonant match -B-/-B-
Related consonant match -R-/-L-
| 85,00
| | Water | -M-Z-
Amazzi | -M-N-SH-
Menshi | Exact consonant match -M-/-M-
Related consonant match -Z-/-SH-
| 61,67
| | Who | -N-
Ani | -N-N-
N'ani | Exact consonant match -N-/-N-
| 50,00
| | Wind | -M-J-G-
Embuyaga, Empewo | -M-W-L-
Mwela | Exact consonant match -M-/-M-
Too weak signals, no point! | 0,00
| | You (thou) | -G-W-
Ggwe | -W-
Iwe | Exact consonant match -W-/-W-
| 50,00
| Analysis:
Total Points/#words: 925,83/18 (=51,435/100). This value has to be reverted (100-Result) to get the Genetic distance:
Genetic distance: 48,56
These languages are related!
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Agree? Disagree? Please CONTACT! - Share in:     Statistics for this comparison (exposure to chance - explanation here):
→ Mathematical expectation (μ): 87,53
→ Standard deviation (σ): 6,03
→ p-value = ƒ(48,56, μ, σ): 5,12e-011
This comparison has a probability lower than 0,01% to get results below 48,56 if conducted with random values. |
| References:
1. All Bemba words taken from: MALHERBE, Michel. Les langages de l'humanité Paris : Robert Laffont, 1995. ISBN : 2-221-05947-6, p. 612 – 617
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