Comorian, Ngazidja
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- Language: Comorian, Ngazidja
- Alternate names: Shingazidja, Ngazidja
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:zdj
- Language family: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Swahili (G.40)
- Number of speakers: 350,702
- Script: Latin script, Arabic script
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Introduction
Comorian (Shikomor) is the most widely used language on the Comoros (independent islands in the Indian Ocean, off Mozambique and Madagascar). It is a close relative of Swahili with a very strong Arabic influence, and is one of the three official languages of the Comoros, next to French and Arabic.
Each island has a slightly different dialect; that of Anjouan is called Shindzuani, that of Mohel Shimwali, that of Maore Shimaore, and that of Grand Comoro Shingadzija. No official alphabet existed in 1992, but Arabic and Latin scripts were both used.
The verb
Sample verb: hulala
| Present | Present continuous | Past | Future | |
| Sg.1 | mihulala | ngamlalo | tsilalo | ngamdjolala |
| Sg.2 | wehulala | ngolalo | hulalo | ngodjolala |
| Sg.3 | yehulala | ngulalo | halalo | ngudjolala |
| Pl.1 | sihulala | ngarilalo | rilalo | ngaridjolala |
| Pl.2 | nyihulala | ngamlalo | mlalo | ngamdjolala |
| Pl.3 | wohulala | ngwalalo | walalo | ngwadjolala |
Conjugate other Comorian Ngazidja verbs
Click verbs to conjugate them in the table above!
husoma,
hulala,
huheza,
hufunga,
hulila,
huhula,
hutrunga.