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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Clyde Winters: [QB] It is well known that the Bantu languages and Egyptian are genetically related. The dynamics of this relationship have been worked out by Th. Obenga, Alain Anselin, Oscar Pfouma and Gilbert Ngom. The relationship between these languages is supported by grammatical and lexical similarities. For example the past and future tenses in Egyptian and Mbosi ( a Bantu language spoken in the Congo ) are the same: [list] [*]Ancient Egyptian ii ni i (I have come) ma n l nfrw k (I have seen your beauty) Mbosi i mi yaa (I have come) i mi taa ongondo a no ( I have seen your beauty) [/list] The Mbosi 'mi' correspomds to the Egyptian 'n'. The religious vocabulary conveys much of the unity between Bantu and Egyptian. For example, in Egyptian douat = eqauals the world of the dead; and compares favorably with Mbosi doua, which relates to the lower regions or to pass from one shore to the next. In Egyptian we have the term 'ouaab, waab', which denotes the idea of a mysterious transformation or regeneration. This corresponds to Mbosi 'ouaa, waab' which means 'to be pure, renewed, regenerated, purified'. In Egyptian and African languages the term *Ku, signifies death or darkness. For example: [list] [*]Egyptian Khu 'the spiritual form of the deceased person' Ewe ku 'death' Yoruba iku 'death, morality' Teke kwa 'to die' Mbosi leku, iku 'death' Fang ku 'to illuminate in the dark' [/list] In addition to these terms there are other Egyptian and Mbosi cognates [list] [*]Egyptian ...................Mbosi b'i (palm)..................bya (palm tree), bia bw (place, region)..........(e)be (id.) bin.t (evil)................ (e) bena (flaw,defect) ba (soul,spirit)...............ba (possesing spirit) km (black)....................(i)kama (to be black) ska (to work, to cultivate)......saa, saka (id.) s (man, someone)...................si (id.) [/list] The linguistic evidence is clear, Egyptian is genetically related to the Bantu languages . [/QB][/QUOTE]
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