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Inconsistency?
[edit]The third paragraph in the section Language structure says
In Swahili, for example, mtoto mdogo amekisoma (for comparison, Kamwana kadoko kariverenga in Shona language) means 'The small child has read it [a book]'. Mtoto 'child' governs the noun prefix ki- (representing the diminutive form of the word) and the verb subject prefix a-.
Shouldn't it be amekisoma?
James in dc (talk) 00:51, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
- Yes, this is an error, so far as I understand the language. Animate objects (people, animals) modify in a way consistent with the M/Wa class, so a good child would be mtoto mzuri. The sentence in question should be Mtoto amekisoma. I believe that kitoto means childish, not child, but even the word had been a ki-sounding noun, such as kipofu (a blind person), it would be kipofu mzuri amekisoma (the good blind person read it), vs. kitabu kizuri kimesomwa (the good book was read (the m in "somwa" indicating passive voice). ReiUrso (talk) 21:25, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
Fake entry by user Ngumza Kwanza
[edit]User:Ngumza Kwanza entered some fake information about the not existing language Kangowa. He did the same on swwiki wherte we just blocked him. Kipala (talk) 05:52, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
Language rank system
[edit]Why the descending order to language family ranking system always go down by leaning to the left for some reason? 2404:8000:1027:2C72:38F7:DAA9:CEFD:A656 (talk) 21:28, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
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