You may know that the word tarzan means white skin in Mangani. Tarzan is the only human being able to speak the language of the Great Apes...until now. You, too, can learn to speak like a Mangani. Whatsits Galore presents here a dictionary of Mangani words, direct from the novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, which will prove beneficial to linguists and anyone who may find himself in the jungles of Africa sometime in the future.

ENGLISH-MANGANI			MANGANI-ENGLISH
A			A
African wildcat	Skree		abalu	brother
ant	Kando		abu	knee
antelope	Wappi		adu	lose
arm	wang		ala	rise
arrow	etarad		amba	fall
			ara	lightning
			arad	spear
			argo	fire
			atan	male
B			B
baboon	Tongani		balu	baby
baby	balu		balu-den	stick
back	rand		band	elbow
bad	sord		Bara	deer
beetle	Nene		blat	nose
be good	gun-ju-le		bo	flat
belly	gu		Bolgani	gorilla
big	zu		bu	he or male
bird	Neeta		bund	dead
black	go		bundolo	kill
black man	Gomangani		bur	cold
blood	galul		busso	fly
blue	m'wa		Buto	rhino
boar	Horta		b'wang	hand
bone	dano		b'yat	head
bottom	ug		b'zan	hair
broken	tu		b'zee	foot
brother	abalu
buffalo	Gorgo
C			C
catch	rem
cave	zu-kut
clan	hotan
cold	bur
come	yud
cow	Kalo
crocodile	Gimla
crooked	ry
cut	yuto
D			D
dance	kordo or voo-dun		dako	thick
danger	kreeg-ah		dan-do	stop
dark	tanda		Dango	hyena
dead	bund		dano	bone
deer	Bara		dan-sopu	nut
down	tand-nala		duklij	turquoise
drink	ud		Duro	hippo
dry	tand-lul
dull	tand-litu
E			E
ear	yad		eho	much
eat	so or popo		eho-dan	hand
egg	klu-kal		eho-kut	hollow
elbow	band		eho-lul	wet
elephant	Tantor		eho-nala	top
empty	tand-vulp		eta	little
eye	yat		eta-gogo	whisper
			eta-koho	warm
			eta-nala	low
			Eta-pamba	kangaroo rat
			etarad	arrow
F			F
fall	amba
fear	utor
female	kalan or mu
few	tand-ho
fire	argo
fish	Pisah
flat	bo
fly	busso
foot	b'zee
friend	yo
front	gugu
fruit	sopu
full	vulp
G			G
get up	tand-ramba		ga	red
giraffe	Omtag		galul	blood
go	unk		gando	win
God	Usen		gash	tooth
good	vando		Gimla	crocodile
gore	yut		go	black
gorilla	Bolgani		gogo	talk
go up	unk-nala		gom	run
grasshopper	Nesen		Gomangani	black man
the Great Apes	Mangani		gor	growl
green	wa		Gorgo	buffalo
growl	gor		goro	moon
			gu	belly
			gugu	front
			gumado	sick
			gun-ju-le	be good
H			H
hair	b'zan		Histah	snake
hand	b'wang or eho-dan		ho	many
hate	ugla		hohotan	tribe
he	bu or yah		Hondo	hornet
head	b'yat		Horta	boar
heart	thub		hotan	clan
hen	Klu		ho-wala	village
here	yel		huh	yes
hippo	Duro		hul	star
hit	kob
hole	kut
hollow	eho-kut
hornet	Hondo
hot	koho
hungry	po
husband	por-atan
hyena	Dango
I			I
in	zor		ink-tah	sit down
J			J
jackal	Ungo		jabo	shield
jump	kas
jungle	kambo
K			K
kangaroo rat	Eta-pamba		ka-goda	surrender
kick	lob		kal	milk
kill	bundolo		kalan	female
killer	korak		Kalo	cow
kind	sato		kalu	mother
knee	abu		kambo	jungle
			Kando	ant
			karpo	middle
			kas	jump
			Klu	hen
			klu-kal	egg
			kob	hit
			koho	hot
			kor	walk
			korak	killer
			kordo	dance
			Kota	tortoise
			kreeg-ah	danger
			kree-gor	scream
			kudu	sun
			kut	hole
L			L
lame	mado		lan	right
left	tandlan		lana	sting
leg	zee		Lano	mosquito
leopard	Sheeta		litu	sharp
lie	nur		lob	kick
lie (down)	ramba		Lucota	turtle
lightning	ara		lufo	side
lion	Numa		lul	wet
lioness	Sabor		lus	tongue
little	eta
look	yato
lose	adu
low	eta-nala
M			M
male	atan or bu		mado	lame
man, black	Gomangani		mal	yellow
man, white	Tarmangani		Mangani	the Great Apes
many	ho		Manu	monkey
a mate	por		meeta	rain
middle	karpo		mu	female
milk	kal		m'wa	blue
monkey	Manu
moon	goro
mosquito	Lano
mother	kalu
mountains	ved
mouth	tho
much	eho
muscle	vo
myself	shee-dah
N			N
neck	tag		nala	up
nest	wala		Neeta	bird
no	tand		Nene	beetle
noise	panda		Nesen	grasshopper
nose	blat		Numa	lion
not	tand		nur	a lie
nut	dan-sopu
O			O
out	zut		olo	wrestle
			Omtag	giraffe
P			P
			Pacco	zebra
			Pamba	rat
			pand	thunder
			panda	noise
			Pisah	fish
			po	hungry
			popo	eat
			por	a mate
			por-atan	husband
			por-kalan	wife
Q			Q
R			R
rain	meeta		rak	yes
rat	Pamba		rala	snare
red	ga		ramba	lie (down)
rhino	Buto		rand	back
right	lan		rea	word
rise	ala		rem	catch
roar	zu-gor		rep	truth
rooster	Tan-klu		ry	crooked
run	gom
S			S
scream	kree-gor		Sabor	lioness
sharp	litu		sato	kind
shield	jabo		shee-dah	myself
sick	gumado		Sheeta	leopard
side	lufo		Skree	African wildcat
silence	tand-panda		so	eat
sing	voo-voo		sopu	fruit
sit down	ink-tah		sord	bad
skin	zan
smoke	whuff
snake	Histah
snare	rala
snow	tar-bur
spear	arad
spider	Zanzi
stab	yut
star	hul
starve	tand-popo
stay	tand-unk
stick	balu-den
sting	lana
stop	dan-do
straight	tro
strong	zu-ro
sun	kudu
surrender	ka-goda
swing	yang
T			T
talk	gogo		tag	neck
that	wob		tand	no, not
there	yeland		tanda	dark
thick	dako		tandak	thin
thin	tandak		tand-ho	few
thirsty	ubor		tandlan	left
this	wo		tand-litu	dull
thunder	pand		tand-lul	dry
tongue	lus		tand-nala	down
tooth	gash		tand-panda	silence
top	eho-nala		tand-popo	starve
tortoise	Kota		tand-ramba	get up
tribe	hohotan		tand-unk	stay
truth	rep		tand-vulp	empty
turquoise	duklij		Tan-klu	rooster
turtle	Lucota		Tantor	elephant
			tar	white
			tar-bur	snow
			Tarmangani	white man
			tho	mouth
			thub	heart
			Tongani	baboon
			tro	straight
			tu	broken
U			U
up	nala		ubor	thirsty
			ud	drink
			ug	bottom
			ugla	hate
			Ungo	jackal
			unk	go
			unk-nala	go up
			Usen	God
			usha	wind
			utor	fear
V			V
village	ho-wala		van	well
			vando	good
			ved	mountains
			vo	muscle
			voo-dun	dance
			voo-voo	sing
			vulp	full
W			W
walk	kor		wa	green
warm	eta-koho		wala	a nest
well	van		wang	arm
wet	eho-lul or lul		Wappi	antelope
whisper	eta-gogo		whuff	smoke
white	tar		wo	this
wife	por-kalan		wob	that
win	gando
wind	usha
word	rea
wrestle	olo
X			X
Y			Y
yellow	mal		yad	ear
yes	huh or rak		yah	he
			yang	swing
			yat	eye
			yato	look
			yel	here
			yeland	there
			yo	friend
			yud	come
			yut	stab or gore
			yuto	cut
Z			Z
zebra	Pacco		zan	skin
			Zanzi	spider
			zee	leg
			zor	in
			zu	big
			zu-gor	roar
			zu-kut	cave
			zu-ro	strong
			zut	out

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