Similar words in Bemba of Zambia and Luhya of Kenya

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  • @luhyalanguageandculture
    @luhyalanguageandculture  5 місяців тому +5

    Thank you so much for watching :) What do you think about these similarities?

  • @williewandera6050
    @williewandera6050 5 місяців тому +4

    I lived in Botswana for 15 years and there are a lot of similar words between Setswana and Kiluhya. I can share with you the similar words. I just discovered your channel.. Congratulations Nekesa. You are doing a good job. Oryoo muno!

  • @franklineshikanda9820
    @franklineshikanda9820 5 місяців тому +2

    Am impressed,very good research eshiombo

  • @DanteL007
    @DanteL007 4 місяці тому +1

    Interesting in Shona.. Im Hungry..is Ndine nzara. So similar to these two languages 😊. You are doing a wonderful job keep it up, we are watching .

    • @Amkabasi
      @Amkabasi 3 місяці тому +1

      ndine nzara in kirundi ndi ne nzara.

    • @DanteL007
      @DanteL007 3 місяці тому

      @@Amkabasi..cool .

  • @Buntu279
    @Buntu279 5 місяців тому +2

    Luhya is very close to Nguni. You guys are us.

  • @ps.gideonnyangela4450
    @ps.gideonnyangela4450 5 місяців тому +4

    Hello Doreen.
    I realised that Luhya is much similar to Kifuliiru spoken in South Kivu province ( Congo DRC)
    In Kifuliiru :
    People is abandu
    Rain is imvula
    Child is umwana
    To eat is ukulya
    Food is ibyokulya
    Child is umwana
    to love is ukukunda
    to go is ukugenda
    goat is imbene
    cow is ingavu
    Lion is indare
    Woman is umukazi
    Father is data
    My mother is mawe
    The sun is izuba
    The moon is umwezi
    The day is ulusiku
    To cultivate is ukuhinga
    Person is umundu
    To come back is ukugaluka
    To walk is ukuzata
    To dance is ukukina
    To marry is ukuyanga
    To sleep is ukugwejera
    Maize or corn is ibigoje
    Beans is ibishimbo
    To wake up is ukuvyuka
    Grand father is shokulu
    Crocodile is ingona
    Bird is ihinyuni
    To smile is ukusheka
    The head is itwe
    The eyes is amasu
    Word is igambo
    Proverb is umugani
    Porc is ingulube
    Hair is umushaku
    To drink is ukunywa
    Water is amaji
    Night is ijoro
    Day mu zuba
    Elder is mukulu
    Young is muto
    To get tired is ukuluha
    Language is ulurimi or uludeto
    To talk is ukudeta
    To die is ukufwa
    Heaven is igulu
    Sickness is ubulwazi
    Intelligence is ubwenge
    Fish is ifwi
    Leaves is ibyasi
    Animal is nyamishwa
    To fight is kulwa or ukulwa
    To have a rest is ukuluhuka
    Holidays is ikiluhuko
    To give birth is ukubuta
    King is mwami
    Hand is ukuboko or kuboko
    Foot is kugulu
    Teeth is amino
    Ears is amatwiri.
    Breasts is amabere
    Waist is ikibuno
    To cry ris ukulira
    River is ulwiji
    Country is ikihugo
    Children is abana
    House is inyumba
    To send is kutuma or ukulungika
    I or me is nyehe
    You is wehe
    We or us is twehe
    Girl is munyere
    Man is mushosi
    New is kihyahya
    Old is kishaja

    • @chrishara1590
      @chrishara1590 5 місяців тому

      Extraordinary! Very similar to Kirundi and Kinyarwanda.

    • @johnwanyonyi136
      @johnwanyonyi136 5 місяців тому

      You can communicate with Luhyas without an inteprater. Just a few sign language

    • @luhyalanguageandculture
      @luhyalanguageandculture  5 місяців тому

      That is a whole book of new words in Kifuuliru you have outline, Ps. Nyangela. Thank you! And indeed, most of these words are similar to our Kenyan Luhya language. I can understand most of them. Historically, Bantus (of Kenya) are said to have migrated from the Congo Basin. It all makes sense now.
      By the way, how big is Kifuuliru language? Is it widely spoken in Congo?

    • @jacqyschaefer9431
      @jacqyschaefer9431 5 місяців тому

      Woow! More closer to Luhya subtribe Called Kisa, very very close

    • @ps.gideonnyangela4450
      @ps.gideonnyangela4450 5 місяців тому

      Fellows Doreen's chanel subscribers
      I would like to let you know that a Kifuliiru speaker can communicate easily with people who speak Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, Luganda, Chinyanja, Mashi , Kinyindu, Kiha , Luhya etc....

  • @wkjshsxbbsbs6392
    @wkjshsxbbsbs6392 5 місяців тому +4

    Kenya luhya maragoli- clothes - zinguvu
    Come - hamba
    Child - umwana
    Aperson- umundu
    Today - rero karunu
    Soil -marova
    Rain - imbura
    Book - kitabu
    Eat - kuria
    Food - chukuria
    Am hungry - mbe ni nzara

    • @DanteL007
      @DanteL007 4 місяці тому

      Sounds more like Shona too.. Zim.😊

  • @bigthangz5489
    @bigthangz5489 4 місяці тому

    The connection between our languages is beyond amazing. If we had real leaders of the people. We could create a kind of United states of African.

  • @charlesmuyaya8534
    @charlesmuyaya8534 4 місяці тому

    These similarities tell the story of how we the Bantu evolved indeed. Keep it up girl

  • @bukomafelix9728
    @bukomafelix9728 3 місяці тому

    Oh my God am Gishu from Uganda, i understand Luhya but it feels i can understand Bemba so well

  • @djhiemoularichard2201
    @djhiemoularichard2201 3 дні тому

    It is true, all the Bantu come from one ancestor. Therefore the similarities in speech. Eg, Our luganda, Lusoga, Lugishu Lingala, Tshiluba, etc, are very similar
    In luganda, we say 'Ekitabo kyange' is the same in about 10 languages

  • @khumbulanizungu6563
    @khumbulanizungu6563 5 місяців тому +3

    Hi, in IsiZulu clothes---izingubo, to come IsiZulu--ukuza or you can say--- iza, Child inIsiZulu---Ingane, a person---umuntu--group of people---Abantu abaningi, Today--namuhla, Soil--inhlabathi/isihlabathi, rain--imvula, Book-incwadi, eat-indla, Food--ukudla, I am hungry---ngilambile,

    • @luhyalanguageandculture
      @luhyalanguageandculture  5 місяців тому +1

      How interesting to also learn these words in Isizulu. Thanks on behalf of everyone who is learning like me😊

    • @ps.gideonnyangela4450
      @ps.gideonnyangela4450 5 місяців тому +1

      Very interesting linguistic chanel.!

    • @Afromedia-uh8fw
      @Afromedia-uh8fw 5 місяців тому

      Rain in IsiZulu is called Imvula

  • @PhindoNkosi
    @PhindoNkosi 5 місяців тому +2

    Lol I hear a lot of Swati here❤❤

  • @mpumemnqobi4392
    @mpumemnqobi4392 4 місяці тому

    I watch your videos because of your smile ....it is so charming

  • @Amkabasi
    @Amkabasi 3 місяці тому

    We need more research and studies to find out who we really are, where we come from. The love we so lack between us, can start from there! Thank you.

  • @chishimbakabwe5209
    @chishimbakabwe5209 5 місяців тому

    Imfula ileloka- it is raining
    Book icitabo
    My book- icitabo candi. Well done your pronunciation is good

  • @bigthangz5489
    @bigthangz5489 4 місяці тому

    Bhemba- Abantu
    Zulu - Abantu
    Xhosa - Abantu
    Swati - Abantfu
    Sotho - Batho
    Tswana - Batho

  • @dicksonmoonga
    @dicksonmoonga 5 місяців тому

    Great video.

  • @musapeter9111
    @musapeter9111 5 місяців тому +3

    Almost all of them same as ZuLu

    • @DanteL007
      @DanteL007 4 місяці тому

      Zulu tribe is originally from East Africa, even in Zambia they left their traits couple of hundred years ago 😊

  • @claudinelola3894
    @claudinelola3894 3 місяці тому

    In my mother tongue from east Congo is; isha=come, kid= o ‘mwana, people = abantu , rain= e’nkuba,a book=e’chitabu,, hunger =ishali

  • @IanChikoya
    @IanChikoya 4 місяці тому

    Bemba and Chichewa are sister languages and Zambians and Malawians easily understand each other

  • @edgarchilufyamumba7705
    @edgarchilufyamumba7705 5 місяців тому

    Wow, too many similar words between Bemba and Luhya.

  • @tinotendamuguti5919
    @tinotendamuguti5919 4 місяці тому

    Shona-
    Child -mwana
    Person-munhu
    People -vanhu
    Rain -mvura

  • @Afromedia-uh8fw
    @Afromedia-uh8fw 5 місяців тому +1

    In IsiZulu clothes are called Izingubo

    • @davidmusuya5538
      @davidmusuya5538 4 місяці тому

      Luhya ( maragoli) clothes- zingubo , other luhya dialects,- chingubo

  • @siyambongaganu3845
    @siyambongaganu3845 4 місяці тому

    That means we are one as a black African, I find a lot of words who are related to my language xhosa.

  • @forbeschiromo1347
    @forbeschiromo1347 4 місяці тому +1

    I am hungry in shona is ndine nzara

    • @davidmusuya5538
      @davidmusuya5538 4 місяці тому

      In luhya; ise ndi nenzara , or esie ndinenjala . A person born during a time of hunger is ' named Wanjala or Wanzala - male , Nanjala / Nanzala -female

  • @mbgloballogistics
    @mbgloballogistics 5 місяців тому

    Very interesting. Even chichewa of Zambia or Malawi is similar to out luyia. I'm kabarasi and it is so interesting g indeed

  • @abeautifulheart
    @abeautifulheart 4 місяці тому +2

    Shona - Rain - mvura/imvura

  • @johnwanyonyi136
    @johnwanyonyi136 5 місяців тому

    You put it correctly in Bukusu. However lelo in Bukusu is nowadays and today is luno.
    I enjoy your research.

  • @dismasajevi9602
    @dismasajevi9602 4 місяці тому

    Luhya (Tiriki) clothes can mean vindu viukhufwala or tsinguvu.

  • @erastusabraham2392
    @erastusabraham2392 3 місяці тому

    Oshiwambo, Namibia....
    eat okulya
    ondina ondjala

  • @ntatemohlomi2884
    @ntatemohlomi2884 5 місяців тому

    TshiVenda (South Africa)
    Clothes ~ Zwiambaro / Nguvho
    Come ~ Ida / idani
    Child ~ Nwana
    Peson ~ Muthu
    Umuntu / abantu (Zulu)
    Today ~ Namusi
    Soil ~ Mavu
    Ashes ~ Milora
    Rain ~ Mvula
    Eat ~ Ula
    Food ~ Zwiliwa
    I am hungry ~ Ndi na ndala

  • @Afromedia-uh8fw
    @Afromedia-uh8fw 5 місяців тому

    A person in IsiZulu is called Umuntu,many people Abantu

  • @mosesmwale7199
    @mosesmwale7199 4 місяці тому

    In shona Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
    Clothes. Nguwo/mbatya
    To come - kuuya
    Child. - mwana
    A person- munhu
    Today. -nhasi
    Soil. -ivhu
    Rain. -mvura ikunaya
    Book. - bhuku kkkk😅
    Eat. -kudya
    Food. -chikafu
    I am hungry- ndine nzara

  • @alumasaalfred9626
    @alumasaalfred9626 5 місяців тому

    Great to know. Even Luhya Idakho very similar. Keep up. Book is pronounced as shitabu.

  • @Afromedia-uh8fw
    @Afromedia-uh8fw 5 місяців тому

    To come in Isizulu is called: Ukuza

  • @franciskaaria1538
    @franciskaaria1538 4 місяці тому

    Rain mbura. Eat Kuria. Food viakulia. Hungry ndi Na mpara

  • @williswameyo5737
    @williswameyo5737 5 місяців тому

    I heard of the name liloba and maloba, those who may be named after the soil

  • @charlesmuyaya8534
    @charlesmuyaya8534 4 місяці тому

    @ 6:11, book in Bemba is ICITABO,

  • @juliusakuvi7903
    @juliusakuvi7903 5 місяців тому +1

    bemba r luyhan❤❤❤❤

  • @forbeschiromo1347
    @forbeschiromo1347 4 місяці тому +1

    A person in shona is munhu. Plural is vanhu

  • @Buntu279
    @Buntu279 5 місяців тому

    This lady looks South African.

  • @ps.gideonnyangela4450
    @ps.gideonnyangela4450 5 місяців тому

    Hello Bemba and Bembe people !
    The Ababemba live in Zambia and others in Congo DRC.
    The Babembe live in Congo DRC and in Tanzania.
    I noticed some similarities between the two languages.
    For examples:
    1) Bemba 2) Bembe
    Woman is mukashana muachana
    Child is mwana .. mwana
    People is bantu batu
    Your fellow is munobe munobe
    I go is naya naaya
    Grandpa is bashikulu shiulu
    To eat kulya ilya

  • @samuelchikonka4748
    @samuelchikonka4748 5 місяців тому

    You should also compare the Luhya language and the ILA launguage of Zambia

  • @sandilemntungwa1538
    @sandilemntungwa1538 5 місяців тому

    Hello my beautiful sister ❤

  • @esem135
    @esem135 5 місяців тому

    The bemba speak very close to Luhya Wanga as well.

  • @Bomoentertainment
    @Bomoentertainment 5 місяців тому

    IN VENDA(south africa)
    clothes= zwiambaro/nguvho
    to come=uda/ida/idani
    child=nwana
    person =muthu /Vhathu(people)/vhathu vhanzhi(many people)
    today=Namusi/duvha
    soil=mavu/mutavha
    rain =mvula (mvula ikhouna-it is raining)
    book=bugu
    eat=ula
    food=zwiliwa
    i am hungry=ndina ndala

    • @DanteL007
      @DanteL007 4 місяці тому

      😊..I think VENDA and SHONA are brother and sister.

    • @Bomoentertainment
      @Bomoentertainment 4 місяці тому

      @@DanteL007 true from the same pot: venda ,shona ,tjikalanga,kalanga ,kilobedu,

  • @katungusteven3353
    @katungusteven3353 4 місяці тому

    It is raining
    You can say infula ileloka

  • @williswameyo5737
    @williswameyo5737 5 місяців тому

    Clothes in Luwanga is called tsingubo or eshifwali

  • @patrickshikolishikoli940
    @patrickshikolishikoli940 5 місяців тому +1

    Bemba and luhya are similar actually 68% . They talk like wanyore

  • @alinanebanda1980
    @alinanebanda1980 5 місяців тому

    Any Zambian in the house?

  • @Bill-n7o
    @Bill-n7o 4 місяці тому

    I have always thought that Caucasians got most of their words from Egypt , hidden knowledge.
    But I have always thought the French monde is from Bantu for person, and the word Bantu seems to be "A GROUP OF YOU I.e. people in French BanTu.

  • @katungusteven3353
    @katungusteven3353 4 місяці тому

    They are similar

  • @katungusteven3353
    @katungusteven3353 4 місяці тому

    My book
    Is ichitabo chandi

  • @williswameyo5737
    @williswameyo5737 5 місяців тому

    In Luwanga, hunger is also inzala similar to Lumarachi

  • @forbeschiromo1347
    @forbeschiromo1347 4 місяці тому

    Rain in shona is mvura

  • @williswameyo5737
    @williswameyo5737 5 місяців тому

    Okhufwala means to wear or dress up

  • @williswameyo5737
    @williswameyo5737 5 місяців тому

    In Luwanga, book is eshitabo

  • @erastusabraham2392
    @erastusabraham2392 3 місяці тому

    omundu person
    aandu oyendji many people

  • @forbeschiromo1347
    @forbeschiromo1347 4 місяці тому

    A child in shona is mwana

  • @RoseMtiva
    @RoseMtiva 5 місяців тому

    Umwana same Maragoli ❤

  • @franciskaaria1538
    @franciskaaria1538 4 місяці тому

    In kimeru Kenya is ija. Child is mwana. Person is muntu.

  • @nambaga
    @nambaga 5 місяців тому

    Actually the word should be lelo in luhya but pronounced as lero because in luhya vocabulary "r" means "l"

    • @billianamusala4584
      @billianamusala4584 5 місяців тому

      Isukha say lelo for leo, today

    • @luhyalanguageandculture
      @luhyalanguageandculture  5 місяців тому

      Ooh yes! 😊. Some say it the exact way "lelo" while others say rero or lero

    • @mandlamthethwa3891
      @mandlamthethwa3891 5 місяців тому

      😂😂😂 I thought it was only us Zulus who had issue with "R" we actually don't have "R" & we pronounce "L" instead and now seeing other languages 😂 singabandawonye(we are from one/same place)

  • @BulelwaSelemeni
    @BulelwaSelemeni 5 місяців тому

    Luhya language is close or similar with isizulu words.how came😮😮😮😅😅

  • @forbeschiromo1347
    @forbeschiromo1347 4 місяці тому +1

    Eat in shona is idya.

  • @ayandmangena4525
    @ayandmangena4525 5 місяців тому

    😂🎉 umuntu in isiZulu is umuntu

  • @ayandmangena4525
    @ayandmangena4525 5 місяців тому

    In isiZulu is ingubo😅

  • @billianamusala4584
    @billianamusala4584 5 місяців тому

    Isukha today is lelo

  • @forbeschiromo1347
    @forbeschiromo1347 4 місяці тому

    In shona clothes is nguvo.

    • @DanteL007
      @DanteL007 4 місяці тому

      ​​@@forbeschiromo1347 Or, hembe or zvipfeko..😊

  • @reckonemceea1721
    @reckonemceea1721 4 місяці тому

    Imfula ileloka

  • @AntonyOnzere
    @AntonyOnzere 5 місяців тому

    Kwetu Kirundi,ni igitabo

  • @IsaiahPower-gh8ci
    @IsaiahPower-gh8ci 5 місяців тому

    Luhya and Lugishu is same

    • @luhyalanguageandculture
      @luhyalanguageandculture  5 місяців тому

      Hi Isaiah. You are correct. I tend to understand 80 % of Lugisu. It's the intonation that is different.

  • @austineokanga7069
    @austineokanga7069 5 місяців тому

    The Bemba are Marachi's. Nabamachi

    • @luhyalanguageandculture
      @luhyalanguageandculture  5 місяців тому +1

      Yes Austine, ushasema kabisa. Though there are words that surprised me. Completely different!😊

    • @austineokanga7069
      @austineokanga7069 5 місяців тому

      @@luhyalanguageandculture Is normal. Likondi nende likhesi, ingombe ikhafu, mabere,Kamayemba. All Luhyas in western. Dont worry about the Bemba

  • @thato596
    @thato596 5 місяців тому

    In the Sesotho language from South Africa
    Diaparo - clothes. Diaparo comes from apara ,to wear clothes. Rwala is to wear a hat , shoes and gloves.
    Ngwana - child
    Motho - person
    Kajeno - today
    Pula - rain
    Pula e yana - it is raining
    Ho ja - to eat