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Comparison Kongo to Lingala
| English | Kongo | Lingala | Comments | Points
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| Death | -F-W-
fw~a [1] | -K-F-
Kufa [2] | Too weak signals, no point! | 0,00
| | Ear | -T-
tu | -T-J-
toi | Exact consonant match -T-/-T-
| 50,00
| | Eye | -S-
isu | -S-
iso | Exact consonant match -S-/-S-
| 100,00
| | Four | -N-J-
niya | -N-J-
neyi | Exact consonant match -N-/-N-
Exact consonant match -J-/-J-
| 100,00
| | Hand | -B-K-
boko | -B-K-
boko | Exact consonant match -B-/-B-
Exact consonant match -K-/-K-
| 100,00
| | I | -N-
na | -N-
na | Exact consonant match -N-/-N-
| 100,00
| | Name | -Z-N-
Zina, nkumbu | -K-M-B-
n~kombo | Too weak signals, no point! | 0,00
| | Night | -F-K-
fuku | -B-T-
butu | Related consonant match -F-/-B-
| 42,50
| | Nose | -Z-N-
zunu | -Z-L-
zolo | Exact consonant match -Z-/-Z-
| 50,00
| | Sun | -T-N-G-
tangu | -J-
yi | Too weak signals, no point! | 0,00
| | Three | -T-T-
tatu | -S-T-
sato | Exact consonant match -T-/-T-
Related consonant match -T-/-S-
| 92,50
| | Tongue | -D-M-
dmi | -L-M-
lemu | Exact consonant match -M-/-M-
| 50,00
| | Tooth | -N-
No (너) | -N-
no | Exact consonant match -N-/-N-
| 100,00
| | Two | -Z-L-
zole | -B-L-
bale | Exact consonant match -L-/-L-
| 50,00
| | Water | -M-Z-
maza | -M-J-
ai, mayi | Exact consonant match -M-/-M-
| 50,00
| | Who | -N-
na | -N-
na | Exact consonant match -N-/-N-
| 100,00
| | Wind | -M-P-P-
mupepe | -M-P-P-
mopepe | Exact consonant match -M-/-M-
Exact consonant match -P-/-P-
Exact consonant match -P-/-P-
| 100,00
| | You (thou) | -N-J-
nge~ye | -J-
yo | Exact consonant match -J-/-J-
| 50,00
| Analysis:
Total Points/#words: 1135,00/18 (=63,056/100). This value has to be reverted (100-Result) to get the distance:
Distance: 36,94
These languages are closely related!
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Agree? Disagree? Please CONTACT! - Share in:     Statistics for this comparison (exposure to chance - explanation here):
→ Mathematical expectation (μ): 87,35
→ Standard deviation (σ): 5,55
→ p-value = ƒ(36,94, μ, σ): 5,125 × 10-20
This comparison has a probability lower than 0,01% to get results below 36,94 if conducted with random values. |
| References:
1. Source for all Kongo words: en.wiktionary.org
2. Source for all Lingala words: en.wiktionary.org
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