Ndali language
| Ndali | |
|---|---|
| Chindali | |
| Native to | Tanzania, Malawi |
| Ethnicity | Ndali |
Native speakers | (220,000 cited 1987–2003) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ndh |
| Glottolog | ndal1241 |
M.301 | |
Ndali, or Chindali, is a Bantu language spoken in southern Tanzania by 480,000 people and in northern Malawi by 70,000 (2003).
Sukwa, or Chisukwa, spoken in the Misuku Hills of northern Malawi, is closely related to Ndali, and both languages are fairly close to Lambya.
The examples below come in the order Lambya, Ndali, Sukwa, showing the similarity of vocabulary:
- Person = umunthu, umundu, umundu
- Grasshopper = imphanzi, imbashi, imbasi
- Scorpion = kalizga, kalisha, kalisya
- Maize = ivilombe, ifilombe, ifilombe
- Dog = imbwa, ukabwa, ukabwa
- Bird = chiyuni, kayuni, kayuni
- Snail = inkhozo, ingofu, ingofo