Luhya of Kenya VS Lingala of Congo Language Comparison

Here is an interesting comparison between Luhya of Kenya and Lingala of Congo. Check it out!
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[@luhyalanguageandculture]

Thanks for watching. Also check out the relationship between Luhya of Kenya and Luganda of Uganda - kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6OmYoVtn718n5Ysi=eRy5nOPBlxsaKlN-

[@alexshivuli6355]

You're doing a good job by enlightening people about how Luhya is related to other Bantu languages. Someone can use this information for research. Keep it up!

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

Orio muno wesi, Alex . The pleasure is all mine

[@josephntibonera3645]

Great job, Ms.

[@michmbolingaba7310]

You are doing a great job dear sister. Knowing many languages gives someone another way of approaching some people and realities. I like african languages very much that's why I have subscribed to your channel. Keep up the great work and keep those videos coming. 🇨🇩🤝🇰🇪.

[@bestman8182]

Kinyarwanda, kiluhya, lingala, kisii all of those have words similar to the Kikurya ones. Much luv from 🇹🇿

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

Thank you for your input

[@lifterndlovu]

In Ndebele Ifula is imvula Food is ukudla People is bantu Kuranga is kukhanzinga Rote is kubola We shall meet again is sobonana

[@cheocarrierservices3346]

You’re right my sister.

[@pitmannkuta]

In zambian cibemba language we say imfula to mean rain

[@cliffordshole7299]

Doing good work

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

Thank you, Clifford

[@nzalakakule6049]

Your are right

[@markhenryford6981]

In Kikuyu eat -kuria. To be ok-we mwega. Rain-mbura. People-Andu. To feed-kuriithia. To fry- gukaranga. No. Five-ithano. No. Four-inya. To rot-gufutha. No. Seven-mugwaja. No. Eight-inyanya. We shall see each other-nitukonana.

[@mbakunkasa3784]

Kikuyu is close to kikongo To eat : kudia Rain. : mvula People : bantu Tu feed : kudikisa To fry : Kukalinga No. Five : Tanu No. Four : ya No. Eight : nana We shall see each other :situmonana

[@robertwanakayi-xy8yg]

I love Luhya where is my origin but let us market all over Africa.

[@CollinsLuke]

Nazali (nazaa) malamu - I am okay. bato - people Engira/Ingira for route/way - Nzila in Lingala Mwana - Omwana/mwana mwasi na ngai (nangaa) - mukhasi wange kokende - okenda (to go) Encountering lingalophones has been a very eye-opening experience for me. It made me realize how the bantu languages are closely linked. Thanks for this. i wish we would really get to know more about the languages of our brothers across the continent. We forgive you about the pronunciations. Sounds funny but you tried. lingala has lots of intonations and open letters. You did well. And yes, Lingala is closely related to many Bantu languages including the Luhya tribes.

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

Thank you for putting the pronunciation in brackets. It makes it easier to differentiate between written and spoken version of it. I agree with you on the relationship between these Bantu languages. They are more related than unrelated.

[@waza_bangaodd8701]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@alukweKopite]

Kindly try Comparison of Kinyarwanda/Kirundi and Luhya language, we love you sister ❤

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

That is on my to-do list. Kinyarwanda also fascinates me a lot. Thank you for your kind words.

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

On this, I will assemble all the words first. As it seems like I have to get words from other subtribes

[@bananaboroselyne3200]

Khubola= kubora

[@bananaboroselyne3200]

Munane = umunani = munani

[@bananaboroselyne3200]

Khulabonana= tuzabonana

[@musa2843]

@03:47 I think some luhya dialects say Imbula (rain) very close to Lingala (Mbula)

[@untamedalien]

Imvula in siSwati

[@musa2843]

@@untamedalien I need to find out what the Mijikenda tribes living in the coast region of Kenya call it because girls born during the rainy season were named Nyamvula

[@untamedalien]

@@musa2843 similar to Swazi/Zulu/Xhosa girls named "Nomvula" ! Language is such an interesting thing

[@pitmannkuta]

In cibemba language in zambia we say ukulya to mean eating

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

Cibemba really interests me. I am actually checking it out😊

[@godegatare8366]

Thank you dear! A lot of words you said here are similar like Kinyarwanda 1.Khulalolana: tuzabonana( we have another verb kurora in future tuzarorana,similar too 2.Sa saba:sa saba(in Kinyarwanda) 3.Kubola :Kubora (to rot) 4. Tsirano:gatanu 5.Khukaranga: gukaranga (in Kinyarwanda 6. Kulisia: kulisha( but kulisha in Kinyarwanda is like to eat to gether) 7. Ifula: imvura 8. Bandu: abantu Similarities between Luhya and Kinyarwanda.

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

I can see for sure that there is some aspect of simmilarity

[@SifaAfrica]

Try Lujya and Kimeru languages of Kenya...they share many words.. Kuria in Meru, Khuria (in most luhyas and Kuria in Maragoli)

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

That is my next assignment. Thank you for sure

[@PatrobaP]

Hi Nekesa can you dig deep into past tense and future

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

Hi Patroba, Do you mean past tense in this topic or in Kiluhya?

[@PatrobaP]

@@luhyalanguageandculture yes, I have watched most of your videos (Actually almost all)but you need to bring more of that. Many examples

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

@PatrobaP I will try to bring more of past tense videos. I just don't know how it will reach people as people rarely click to watch my past tense videos. The one I made is among the poorly watched videos. But I'll do more of conversation style and short sentences.

[@PatrobaP]

Orio muno

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

@@PatrobaP orio wesi

[@indayamulembe]

I like language similarities, this is great. We also have similar words however with different meaning i.e LILOBA/MALOBA singular & plural.In luyia liloba is soil and in Lingala is a word.Now in lingala soil is MABELE which sounds like mabeere(milk)in luyia.The other word is LISOLO which is story in Lingala,among the luyia ppl its a quarrel.

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

Wow! What an exposition! I am impressed. Orio muno khulieko. I Miss your sessions☺️

[@user-ut1sv4gj8g]

But i try u listen kiluya it's approaching in kirundu bs gukaranga it 's my laungue

[@JohnWesonga-jg8ey]

Try the word omurere with kiruanda

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

Omurere, is it a vegetable in Kinyarwanda too?😆

[@JohnWesonga-jg8ey]

Hongera nafoyo for work you are doing lm a marachi but in Mumias but the words are so close but if you want be in touch i send you a wanga dictionary maybe you have it or but if interested I'm willing to share with you a copy,

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

Thank you, John. I appreciate your willingness to share. I have it though. A slight correction though, I am Nebere not Nafoyo😊

[@musa2843]

How are you girl? Nayanza po enimbulila luhya girls when they speak. Even if I don't understand everything, they sound so feminine just like Congolese girls speaking Lingala

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

I am very well. It's quite interesting to learn that Speaking Luhya and Congolese Brings out feminine energy 😊

[@CollinsLuke]

Before I comment, I still think that they are luhya tribes and not subtribes. The luhya outfit is just a political designation. We will talk about that another time. Thanks for this video. I have waited for this long

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

Indeed, it’s not easy to switch especially after using “subtribe” for a very long time and knowing that these so called “tribes” are all categorised under one big tribe called the Luhya tribe. By the way, which is your tribe?😊

[@AlexanderMore-zn5mh]

Me am a Nyala lost in Yimbo Bondo sub-county, Abahumadhi clan, I speak mostly Luo language since we dwell in luo land formerly Yimbo-Abaluhya, the Dimo or Kadimo out powered us and assimilated us to Luo, though there are others who speak Luhya language and are in Osieko Obaro sub-location in Bunyala​@@luhyalanguageandculture

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

@AlexanderMore-zn5mh Hi Alex, it's funny how you say it 😄. Lost in Yimbo. Anyway, this is very important history you have outlined. I know Nyalas from Osieko and most of them speak like they were born Luos. I hope you now speak bothe language 😊

[@user-gi3io1ew8e]

Ninakusikiyah nikiwa western Ingo luyha Kenya 🇰🇪😂🤣🙏🥰👋

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

Kabisa Kataka😇

[@williammuma5144]

Compare Luhya with Bemba of Zambia one time. You will be pleasantly surprised

[@user-tj1te7kk4y]

In Isukha we call rain imbula

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

That is interesting to know 😊

[@sithulele]

We in S A. Rot is ukobola.iSine is four too. ukubola is rot too in Zulu And Swati.

[@musa2843]

I am not a historian or linguistic expert but I think migration changed some pronunciations and meaning of words. For example some Luhya tribes are said to have migrated from Congo. So, all along the way they may have inter-mingled (and even snatched some girls) with Baganda for example, therefore picking some names/words which they transformed into something else that became normal usage And where they settled in Western Kenya, they mingled with Kalenjin and Luo tribes. Just my imagination of how languages were formed or transformed.

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

I agree with you, Musa. Migration and settlement significantly influenced present-day Bantu languages

[@transnzoiamet3035]

Mwasi and omuhasi meaning a woman

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

I'm learning everyday, thank you for this insight

[@bestman8182]

Patrick Ayoyi😂😂

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

You're hilarious 😂

[@agabusmilimu6048]

Khusiira is more for dry fying like for groundnuts

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

You are right, Milimu. And it makes so much sense

[@jamilahkobusingye6837]

Munane in luya in kinyarwanda umunane.

[@user-ut1sv4gj8g]

5 ni gatanu kirundu

[@tshimankinda10]

You have tried. .......I am ready to help you next time when it comes to lingala

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

How nice of you. I will be so glad to get help from a real Lingala speaker in real time.

[@theresareed8537]

Roba ni Mimi Michael kutoka America Arizona

[@bhekigin]

Luhya - Lingala - Siswati/Zulu - Sisuthu/Setwana Khulia - Kolia - Kudla - Kutja Mulamu - Malamu - Mulamu (a comforter following one wife' death/)- ? Ifula - Mbula - Imvula - Pula Bandu - Batu - Bantfu/tu - Botho Kholisa- Kolesiya - Khulisa - Kgolisa Khukharanga - Kokalinga - kugaying/kukhantinga - ? Kusila is Grinding Tsirano - Mitano - Sihlanu - Hlanu Tsine - Minei - kune - Bone Khubola - Kopola - Kubola - eyabola Saba - Sambo - Sikhombisa Munane - Mwambe - Siphohlongo - Khulalolana - Tokomonana - Siyobonana - Siyonana ? - izome - (L)ishumi - (L)isome

[@nzalakakule6049]

Koliya in Lingala

[@kennethbutichi6022]

Rain Imbula in idakho)

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

Very informative. Which Luhya subtribe is more related to Idakho by the way?

[@agabusmilimu6048]

Same for Isukha,Maragoli and Tiriki

[@nzalakakule6049]

NAZALI MALAMU IS AM OKAY

[@mahinanama]

Luhya and lingala are definitely related. Bantu languages

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

Yes they are 🙂

[@danielbarry5547]

6.8% Luhya dna here if that counts, would love to come visit!

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

It definitely counts!😊Even 0.001% counts

[@AMAZINGFactsStrangerThingsTRYN]

@danielbarry5547 where are you from?

[@danielbarry5547]

@AMAZINGFactsStrangerThingsTRYN born and raised in the US, but my father is from Trinidad and my mother is from Jamaica

[@AMAZINGFactsStrangerThingsTRYN]

@@danielbarry5547 I didn't know Luhya DNA can be found that far. Otherwise I need to check soon, I may find am not a Luhya then😂

[@danielbarry5547]

@AMAZINGFactsStrangerThingsTRYN lol, found out about 11 tribes or regions I'm related too 90.6% African 9.4% Italian

[@nkurunzizajeidi8707]

Ifula, kokalinga: Khiluya Mbula, kokalinga: Lingara Imvura, gukaranga: Kinyarwanda

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

Aha! So related. Wow

[@mbakunkasa3784]

Lingala is not in bantu branch of languages , it is in Ubangi ( Oubangui ) branch of languages .It is has only borrowed many words from bantu languages mainly kikongo which is richer and was most spoken language in kinshasa during colonial time .Many of the lingala words are not original lingala words , they are kikongo words that have been altered .

[@imhotepmk8090]

They are all part of the same family of Bantu languages which evolved due migrations of African people. Kikongo was not the most spoken language in Kinshasa during colonial, that is not true. The formal Lingala is spoken in the North West region of DR Congo. The Lingala spoken in Kinshasa is informal. You have to do a proper research otherwise you run the risk of misleading other Africans as Europeans do.

[@mbakunkasa3784]

@@imhotepmk8090 .You have to do research first before attempting to refute my point .Ubangi is a branch of languages that includes the languages of the extreme north of DRC , Central African Republic and a part of Sudan .Lingala originated in the North of DRC in what is today the province of Sud- Ubangui .The name of the province where lingala comes from indicates already that it belongs to the Ubangui branch , not bantu branch .There is no bantu language that starts by the prefix " Li " like lingala .You can do research on bantu languages in Zambia , Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Africa , Angola , Republic of Congo , Angola , Gabon , you will never find a bantu language which starts with the prefix " Li " . To finish it is absurd to say that kikongo was not the most spoken language language in Kinshasa during colonial time .kikongo was the main language .This can be verified by the old railway signs left by the colonial administration .They were written in kikongo , not in Lingala . Besides , The place where the city of Kinshasa is located was an ancient province of Kongo kingdom called Okanga .If you check the ancient map of Kongo Kingdom of the 16th , you will clearly the name of that province .The province of Okanga was inhabited in the North by batéké people and in the South by Bakongo people .This can be verified by the names of the neighbourhoods of Kinshasa .In the North there are in kitéké language : Masina , Ndjili, Maloukou ; and in the South in kikongo : Selembau , Kinsuka.

[@imhotepmk8090]

@@mbakunkasa3784 The term Lingala was introduced by the colonisers to suit their needs around 1900. Before that, the language was known as "Bangala" which had evolved from the Bobangi language which was a trade language. Despite their geographical and cultural diversity, Bantu languages exhibit similarities in grammar and vocabulary, indicating a shared ancestry. She is doing a fantastic job by showing us we are indeed ONE people.

[@mbakunkasa3784]

@@imhotepmk8090 .It is absurd to say that the term lingala was introduced by the colonisers .The ethnic group called Bangala exists , and lingala is the name of their language .Similarly , we have Bakongo people , and their language kikongo .If you go to Angola , you have for instance Ovimbundu people ,and their language umbundu .We can go further down to South Africa .We have Amazulu (people ) , and isizulu ( the language ) .

[@imhotepmk8090]

@@mbakunkasa3784 Nonsense. You are not going to impress anyone with your copy and paste skills

[@margaretmunga3980]

Kikuyu is kuria

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

Haiya! Very interesting 👌

[@bananaboroselyne3200]

Kukaranga kinyarwanda

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

Very similar

[@luhyalanguageandculture]

I see they are surely related

[@bananaboroselyne3200]

Ifula= imvula,imvura.

[@bananaboroselyne3200]

Bandu= bantu