Similarities between Xhosa and Luhya languages of Africa
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- Опубліковано 23 чер 2024
- Welcome to today's video where I bring you related words between Xhosa and Luhya languages of Africa. Do you think they are related? Kindly share your thoughts.
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Thank you so much for your overwhelming support. Here is a relationship video between Xhosa and Luhya Bantu languages of Africa.
Awesome and very educational clips. Great effort on isiXhosa words👌👏... Nguni languages generally have a lot of common root words with other Bantu languages in East and West-central Africa- amanzi, umzi, umuntu, umlilo, inja, imbuzi etc. Variations were later introduced in mostly borrowed words from languages that Nguni people came into contact with in Southern Africa, e.g. clicks in icala, iqanda, ingxowa, umqondo etc.
@@fundilenot necessarily… Northern Tanzania in East Africa is home to the Hadzabe, one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer tribes on Earth. They too speak in clicks like the so called Khoe & San of Southern Africa. The standard languages we have today survive because of the choices made largely by missionaries when they created the orthography, they had to create standard languages in each community/people group to translate the Bible and teach, what that meant was a process of elimination so in reality thousands of dialects which contain the linkage maps were lost.
I'm a South African. I speak Tshivenda. I am Venda or Muvenda. I can speak most of the South African language, including isiXhosa. (Even though not fluently). So I think if i come to Kenya, it won't difficult for me to understand the Lluya Marachi language.
Hi i am from Mozambique and my language is XITXANGANA.
House-Munti
Theirs- Yavo
Tail-Nkila. tail of cow- Nkila ya homu.
To fall- Kuwa
To cry- Kurila
Water- Amati
Yours-Yaku
Site down- Tsama
Stand-Sekeleka
Sin- kuyila
Wow, I'm always coming back to see how our connection as Bantu are so amazing. All the love from South Africa 🇿🇦❤
I am so glad we're in this together, Paseka. Thank you for always coming back 😊
@@luhyalanguageandculture Thank you Sis, you are welcome 🙌🏾
Wow you so amazing iam Xhosa in cape town and had no idea we had so much similarities with Kenya.... I love it
Thank you!! 😊. For tuning in. It's our pleasure.
Its not just Kenya. All Bantu languages are almost similar
In Shona Yours mean Yako
Theirs we say Yavo.
Sit down- Gara pasi.
Ewe- Ehe.
Cow- mombe.
House in Xhosa is "Indlu", "umzi" is a home, they are almost similar but the other has a deeper meaning.
It is similar to the Luwanga word inzu meaning house
Similar to zim Ndebele house is indlu home is umuzi
No, she's correct. "Umzi" is a house and "indlu" is a home. When you say "I'm going home," in IsiXhosa, you say "Ndiya endlini" and "endlini" is derived from "indlu."
@@jimmysypher 😂You are funnily wrong. Uwrongo! Ngumzi kabani lowa? Who's home is that, Yindlu kabani leya, who's house is that. Hope this helps
Qhuba ngefree education mntasekhaya @@mawandesigwinta3280
This is interesting. Actually these words belong to isiNguni(Ndebele, Swati, Xhosa and Zulu) group of languages of Southern Africa.
Ooh, really? That is quite fascinating.
By the way, are they completely intelligible, or the vocabulary vary?
@@luhyalanguageandcultureintelligible my sister
And tsonga
I enjoy the content. I'm watching from South Africa in Johannesburg. Well done my sister!!
I'm glad you're enjoying the content, Donny 😊
Girl we are so related just that one of our ancestors decided to go to Kenya and you followed him. If I can go to Kenya I will learn Luyha in two days.
You made me laugh so hard when you said that one of your ancestors moved to Kenya and we followed him there😂.
In IsiZulu South Africa
House- umuzi or indlu
Theirs- eyabo
Tail- umsila
To fall- ukuwa
To cry- ukukhala or isililo
Water- amanzi
Yours- eyakho
Sit down- hlala phansi
Stand- ima or sukuma
Sin- isono
Inlaw- umukhwe
I also want to add that in Xhosa we also say a house is indlu, which is closely related to inzu. ❤
This is so similar to IsiXhosa. Wow! I now understand why they fall under the same category of Nguni languages. Thank you for your input.
Be patient they are doing isiXhosa for now😂😂😂
very similar sisi…on behalf of Nguni people we 🙏
Kubhalwe isixhosa not isizulu Khawusimele kancinci mfondini 😂😂
Niphapha gqithi nitsho ngokuphuhla
Hello my Kenyan sister! All the words you did are also similar to my language in Botswana. My tribe is found in the wetern part of Botswana ( Kalahari desert), extending into the estern part of Namibia. My tribe, presetly called Bakgalagari( subgroup Bangologa) with 5 dialects, formed around 1700-1800s from different groups (mostl tswanas, pedis, and nguni groups) displaced by mfecane wars in South Africa in what was termed the scramble for Southern Africa.
Wow! A very interesting history you outlined about your language and tribe. Now that I know about it, I would like to look into its language and culture. I can't wait! Thank you for your input and willingness to tell us about the Bakgalagari tribe of Botswana. Rich history.
You are doing a good job my sister. Researching languages and doing videos about it is educating a lot of us about similarities between languages in eastern and southern Africa. I have watched a couple of your videos, and they reinforce a bit of my knowledge of the Bantu migration that I learnt 30 years ago in my secondary school days. I really like your videos and I hope you continue doing many more. Thank you so much and best wishes to you and your family 🙏🏾👏🏾
It's very interesting how our African languages are related. I have silently watched some of your comparisons and you have inspired me to put my subtribe of the luhya people - bukusu on the UA-cammap as well. Some similarities in bukusu we say house - enju, theirs- yabwe, fall- khukwa, cry- khulila, water - kamechi. I can't wait to make a video on this comparison as well.
Wow! This is very interesting! I am so glad that Bukusu is finally coming to UA-cam. People have been asking me so much about Bukusu. Especially their beautiful songs and translations. Many people will surely benefit a lot from your channel. Keep up the spirit 👌👌. Congratulations 🎊 👏 💐
@@luhyalanguageandculture thank you for the encouragement, the journey has started 🙏🏾😍
😂😂😂😂😂 I'm laughing at the click. Otherwise, well done 👏🏿
😂😂😂 I should be given an award. I've practiced so much but that click refuses to accept!😅😅😅
@@luhyalanguageandculture 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I am Xhosa from Johannesburg. I would love to visit ur place & learn more about ur culture. I visited Mombasa in 2021, it was funny coz the people spoke tome in Swahili, they thought I was a local, i had cut my hair short & I noticed a lot of women had the same hairstyle.
Not my dear the country is on fire
Not now infact !
Very profound connection...Amabhere sounds similar to Amabhele amongst the Xhosas. Keeps educating us, my sister. This is another simple but important illustration of the oneness of Afrika.
Hi I appreciate the effort you are making in pronouncing, we are learning a lot.
Only one correction :
House = indlu which would actually be mire similar to inzu
Umzi refers to a home or household .
You people you're amazing. See how you're increasing our vocabulary by giving us more. Now we know that a house in IsiXhosa is indlu. Thank you😊. And home is umzi.
Excellent work 👌🏾
The first "ewe" was on point sisi, we tend to drag the first 'e' a bit especially when exclaiming. Very interesting video 😅 👍🏾
Glad you enjoyed 🤗. That ewe differentiation made my day😀
well done, spot on about the clans
A house is actually Indlu or Umzi, a home would be ikhaya
Blanket, cloth is Ingubo
Thanks 😊
Home is ikhaya, in Marachi we say lidala.
I'm surprised that blanket, cloth is ingubo
Cloth in luhya is also ingubo.
Ingubo is a blanket not cloth ,Cloth is ilaphu ,and clothes are impahla
Well done, watching from South Africa
Thank you, Sarah for tuning in. We're so honoured to have you here :)
In Shona Zimbabwe, theirs is yavo, house is imba, falling is kuwa/kudonha, water is mvura, tail is muswe, to cry is kuchema/kurira, yours is yako, sit down is gara pasi, stand is mira, inlaw is mukwasha
I truly enjoyed it👏
Yay! Thank you! I'm glad you did enjoy it, Murunga.
Wow. That was so cool. Thank you sisi. x
Thank you sharing knowledge about how similar we are as African, Bantu etc, I am half Shona, half Ndebele from Zimbabwe, but lining in Melbourne Australia. I have worked in Botswana and Zambia before leaving Africa. So, what you are doing is so important as it break down stereotypes, unlearn toxic divisive colonial mentality and show who really are as Africans.
I wish you could do more than just 2 sub-tribes or clans, more of the old common language roots are the same in Zim, Zambia, Botswana, SA, Moza, Malawi, DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda etc, examples are the words for Trees, Water, Air, spirits, drink, fire will all have a commonality in the Bantu-regions. Keep up the good panAfricanist work.
U fought... Many SAns of other tribes call our beloved language cosa/chosa instead of Xhosa. Am glad u got most of our clicks correctly🥰😀
Bro which South African can't make clicks though? Apart from white ones?
Hi Amos, I got most clicks correct? I am even shocked with myself. Hhaha. I have called it Hosa my whole life too. I should practice the click sound until it sticks.
Your content is so interesting, keep up doing the good work, me as a xhosa m impressed, thanks
thank you for sharing the similarities. Its nice to learn that
Well done! This is interesting ❤
I am glad you found it interesting, Lucky
Thank you :)
Wonderful video. Kudos.
Hello Nekesa, your name is very common in Uganda especially towards the Kenyan boarder. Am so happy to watch i really love your work its so good. Pray hard that one day President Museveni sees it. I know he will love it Iam from western Uganda I was watching i made translations in my language.
Bird - Ekinyonyi
Chicken - Enkoko
Monkey - Enkyende
Pig - Empunu
Dog - Embwa
Elephant - Enjojo, Ejovu
Tortoise - Baganda (Enfudu)
Banyankole (Akanyankogote)
Hipo - Enjubu
Leopard - Engwe
Cow - Ente
Actual in Xhosa
Hippo= Imvubu
Monkey = Inkawu
Pig= Ingulube
Elephant = Indlovu
Dog= Inja
And also
Còw / Inkomo or Inombe
Leopard = Ingwe
Tortoise = Ufundo
In Shona hippo - mvuu
Monkey - tsoko
Pig - nguruve
Elephant- nzou
Dog - imbwa
Hallo Nekesa, you are doing good work.We are the same that's for sure.
Wow interesting ❤
We have similar characteristics, am also a Luyha but I like Isizulu
Wow! You speak IsiZulu too?
@@luhyalanguageandculture yeah for the period I have being in South Africa I can speak Isizulu but am a Luyha from Busia .
You will be surprised how similar the luhya marachi words are similar to Setswana too
Sure thing! I checked it up as well while doing Xhosa, and I was surprised too
Thank you so much dadewethu
I'm guessing dadewethu means "our sister"
@@karikukamau yes
I can't believe there are so many similarities. Both my parents are Xhosa and I must say you did well for a non-Xhosa speaker.
Since you mentioned your clan name, Ababere, it's actually quite similar to a clan name we have in our tribe which is Bhele. MamBhele (Woman) Bhele (Man)
Very interesting to get it from a native Xhosa speaker😊. By the way, how do you learn to differentiate the click in q, c, and x. I tried so much and kept saying the same thing😅.
It's very impressive that you've mentioned the Bhele clan. I am going to find out more about it. I like such analysis. Thank you for giving the clan example:)
@@luhyalanguageandculture It comes naturally to pronounce the clicks. It's not even difficult when you grew up using them
Its verbs and nouns comparison not actual language.
With the clicks, the secret is in the tongue movement.
C - the tongue has to touch the top front teeth.
Q - The tongue has to touch the top part it's either the roof of your mouth or just behind the teeth but not touching them.
X - The tongue has to touch or move to the side as touching the back teeth. (This one is hard to explain)
Well done my young sister you did well , me and other SOUTH AFRICAN people we apriciate a lot what you are doing as I now know if I come to your country within a week I will be able to communicate 70% with your language. I like what you're doing girl.
Molo my sister.I am Xhosa and you are welcome to visit us this side.
The other similarity you just mentioned was ""Ingubo" which means clothes or sometimes blanket. thank you so much for this.
Please come visit us in the Eastern Cape so that we can share and learn other your languages including Kiswahili. Wewe mzuri sana. Asante
Nitakuja majaliwa yake mwenyezi mungu. My Swahili is colloquial. Do you want know it? 😃
Amazing how this languages related
A house in Xhosa is Indlu... Umzi is a home.
Which makes it closer to your inzu
Wow
Wow😍
Luhya Bukusu - kamechi is
also similar to how the Tswana language say Metsi for water, including Sotho, sePedi, Loki from Namibia and many others...
I'm loving this channel already😭♥️♥️💯
Your efforts of discovering similarities in african languages are so amazing'we learn till we die thank you ❤❤
I think umzi is more like a homestead.
Indlu is a house. Like a structure. A building.
Indlu is directly related to inzu
Ooh really? Wow! That's interesting. So I should say house - indlu - inzu. Then homestead - umzi - lidala.
Wonderful! Thank you, Mfezeko😊
I like how you explain ‘bo’ which is indeed a soft one. Something in between b and v. It’s the same in ndebele and the karanga in Zimbabwe
u did well
Good work, according to me a Luhia in PE.
Powerful . Even other Nguni languages
Well done, I am blown away by the similarities. The only correction from me is umzi = home indlu= house
All the love from SA, Im Xhosa ❤🇿🇦
Thanks for this. Some of the names in Nairobi sounded very familiar but mu Kenyan hosts didn't know the meaning of those words, even some of the street names. I wish I could learn some more.
Very good video, perhaps you can use different colors to denote different languages in your description. Just as a kind suggestion. Otherwise you're doing great sister.
That is a great suggestion! It's sounds good. I'll try to implement it and see how it goes. Thank you for your suggestions. It means a lot coming from a viewer's point of view. 😊
❤Hope you are fine. Just catching up. Lovely.
Good, l'm a Xhosa from Eastern cape
That's nice 😊. It's good to have you here.
Thank you so much sister for this, it never ceases to amaze me that we are one and there's just note denying it. a side note.
A house in IsiXhossa is also called 'indlu', which sounds more like 'inzu'.
And I learnt something new, I didn't know 'inlaw' in my own language🤭 and now I know
So much love for you
❤❤❤
Close similarity also to SiSwati
1. House - Indlu
& Home - Umuti
2. Theirs - Yabo
3. Tail. - Umsila
4. Fall - Kuwa
5. Water. - Manti
6.Yours - Yakho
7. Sit down - Hlala phansi
8. Sin - Sono
They are so close to Siswati. I believe Siswati is also a Nguni language. Is that correct?
Yes SiSwati is a Nguni language.
Sepedi in South Africa
1.House-Ntlo
2.Home-Motse
3.Theirs-Tšabo
4.Tail-Mosela
5.Fall-Gowa
6.Water-Meetse
7.Yours-Yago
8.Sit down-Dula fase
In shona Zimbabwe🇿🇼
House - imba
Theirs. - zvavo
Tail. - muswe
To Fall. - kuwa
To Cry. . - Kuchema
Water. - Mvura
Yours. - zvako/yako
Sit downv -gara pasi
Stand. . - mira
Sin. -chivi
Inlaw. -mukwasha
Good job, we originated from the same place and tribe.all of us starting from the central East Africa all the way to the far east and eventually down to the Southern region. Even our physic is more or less the same.
Precisely. We are one people, just separated by borders. Over the years, our languages have changed gradually.
Thanks for watching
I love these videos of yours.
some correction... Molo is for one on one greeting, greeting us as a collective, you would have to say Molweni or Hello how are you/ Molweni ninjani.
House is Indlu, whereas Umzi means Home
Theirs is Heyabo
These ones are even more close to my language. Omushila, okulila, okuwa etc.
WAuuh, surely de people is one.
Comparing with TshiVenda from northern South Africa.
House ~ Nndu ~ Mudi
Theirs ~ Yavho
Tail ~ Mutshila
To fall ~ U wa
To cry ~ U lila
Water ~ Madi
Yours ~ Yanu~Yavho(plural)
Sit down ~ Dzula fhasi
Stand~Ima
Sin~Tshivhi
Inlaw~Mukwasha
In Shona
Sin - chivi
In-law - mukwasha
To fall - kuwa
Theirs - Yavo
Yours - Yako
Thanks for this wonderful program. A correction: a house in Xhosa is “indlu”, whilst “umzi” is your home.
i from zimbabwe, its a matter of time before bantu's realized that they are the people of the book aka the original hebrews
warakoze cyane kwigisha abakunzi bawe ururimi rw'inyarwanda turagukunda cyane nshuti
Do let us know when you have another video on similarities between Luhya Marachi and the Nguni languages of Southern Africa 🙏🏾😎
Almost exactly like the us the Banyole of Eastern Uganda ....Enyumba yabo. Meaning their house, omuhira for tail, okhugwa is to fall, okhulila for cry, amaji for water, yiyo for yours, yihala nghasi for sit down, yema for stand, eshionono for sin, omukhwe for inlaw.
are those words with similarities or are words that just rhyme?
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME I WILL GLADLY ASSIST YOU WITH MORE XHOSA WORDS AND PRONUNCIATION FOR FUTURE VIDOES
Thank you, Akhona. How can I reach out to you?
In Shona Zimbabwean language, chicken is huku, pig is nguruve, dog is imbwa, elephant is nzou, leopard is ingwe, cow is mombe, hippo is mvuu, falling is kuwa/kudonha, house is imba, water is mvura,
So you find out that Luhya Marachi, Baganda and Shona are languages that were once one language. The differences were caused by migrations as a result mixing with different tribes. So the standard language would be diluted by other tribal and racial languages, because of that some languages were created as middle language. Then the other major reason why the standard language was not maintained across Africa is the way the white people put our spoken language in writing, they would write down according to the way they understood the people or according to the way the people sounded or according to the people's accent. Hence some words differed because of that.
Isixhosa-house=indlu
Isixhosa-home=umzi
Isixhosa-theirs=Eyabo [yabo means "can you see"(informal)]
Isixhosa-cry = Ukhala/ukulila
Hello Doreen
In Kifuliiru language
House is inyumba
Theis is yabo
Tail is umukira
To fall is kugwa
To cry is kulira
Water is amaji
Sit down is bwatala hashi
These is yaba
In-law is umukwi
House is inzu in Kirundi and Kinyarwanda
Thanks for your languistic researches
Hi Ps. Nyangela, I always look forward to your input for us.
By the way, I'm doing research on Kifuuliru, but it looks like it has very limited resources. Would you mind recommending any kindly?
Wow similar to Zulu as well
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House in luya similar to Luganda, greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬
I love what you are doing my sister.
In Xhosa a cow can be called Inombe.
It is called so by married women who out of respect may not pronounce “nk” simply because there’s someone in the family who has a name that has “nk” in it.
Amabhele mos 😊😊
Can you please go further with your clans (list 3 or 4)🙏 lt sounds like "amaBhele" in Xhosa, we might be related
In xhosa and Zulu clothes is Ingubo as well
What's the Elephant in Luhya Marachi?
13:11 In Setswana (Botswana) we have NTLU which is a house.
We are 1,we dont know what happen in the past,dig deeper my sister.(Salute all African)
Am Xhosa love this it shows that we are brothers ❤
Well, that’s why we’re called as Bantu people because we have similar words. Most of those words are similar in many of the words in the Zambian languages
In Shona, “yours” is yako, chako, zvako, etc. The first part of the word depends on the subject you are referring to.
Nyumba is imba in🇿🇼 but i often hear people say kunyumba refering to imba
English - House
IsiXhosa - indlu
Luya marachi - inzu
Umzi is closer to home...
“Amanzi” is water in Xhosa, whilst it is “metsi” in SeSotho which is also spoken in South Africa and Lesotho… “metsi” sounds closer to “mechi” in Luhya Marachi
most xhosa n marachi words resonate well with coastal bantu words in kenya...kala tsini or kala hotsi, would be mijikenda equivalents for SIT DOWN--swahili for KAA CHINI.
Wow, I am Xhosa from the Western Cape
❤ molo
Xhosa word is a new word introduced by the Khoisan people who intermarried with the Nguni. Our forefathers from the 18th centuries going further down will just look at you in disbelief if you said you Xhosa.The people called themselves Nguni.The dialect is called IsiNguni (Xhosa.Swati,Ndebele,Zulu - These tribes have clans but are intertwined - related).A lot of people think there was a king named Xhosa but if you dig down you dont get that king but only just a name given to the tribe in earlier times.
Fascinated as an Uber driver who interacts with African brown & sis in their native languages
Inzu in xhosa indlu singular i will visit kenya amazing relationship ❤❤❤
In Luwanga we have the same word as Marachi ,inzu which means house
You must also check langauge comparison between Setswana/ southern sotho of southern africa and luhya marachi langauge👍🏾
I will do that, Helston. Thanks for the suggestion.
House = Indlu/Umzi.
Home = Ikhaya.
Theirs = Yabo.
Tail = umsila.
to Fall = Ukuwa.
to Cry = Ukulila.
Water = Amanzi.
Yours = Yakho.
Sit down = Hlala phantsi.
Stand = Yima.
Yes = Ewe.
Sin = Isono.
Inlaw = Mkhwe.
When you did the shona series a few of these words would have actually worked. eg. Yako in shona is the same as Yao in your example. The word cloth is also similar to what use for clothes depending on dialect. We would say "nguwo ino ndeyako"
Also in Zimbabwe traditionally marrying within your clan is taboo. Not sure how much that applies in the modern era since folk moved to the cities.
Wow ewe unyanisile 100 % Dear, & oh yes I can never ever marry from my clan. Ndiyakuthanda kakhulu, you look so much like my cousin. Cousin is Umzala in IsiXhosa, I was wondering how you call that in your own language. Stay blessed sisi wam, I love what you are doing, thank you, thank you, thank you (enkosi)!
Cousin is mufiala or akhasi
@@jumachu795 Enkosi mzala wam (thank you my cousin)!!
Oh wow! You surely typed this from the bottom of your heart. Thank you for the love, admiration, and support. I am truly humbled 🫠😊.
Cousin in Marachi is Mufwala for paternal cousin and Akhasi for maternal cousin. I am happy to have found a brand new cousin in you❤.
Umzala is a cousin from the paternal side and kanina from the martenal side. 😊
The b in Luhya in the middle of words is softened unlike in isiXhosa
I am xhosa speaking also, but I think house is indlu but deep ancient Xhosa it was called "Inkumba" then a homestead will be "Umzi"
My clan is Marama and my clan name Namukula (women), Men are called Omukoiya. When in the village they call me by clan name and not my personal name. I love my luhyia clan name