It is said that 80% of all English sentences can be formed using just the most common 200 words. I believe the same holds true for most languages, including Changana. Imagine learning “only” 200 words and then being able to converse in Changana. Here’s my Top 200!

Changana	English	Category	Audio
ku pfula	to open	verbs
ku heta, ku hetisa	to finish	verbs
svosvi	now	adverbs
ku kensa, tlangela, bonga	to thank	verbs
mati	water	food
ku pfuna	to help	verbs
mundzuku	tomorrow	adverbs
munghanu	friend	people
lirhandzu	love	people
lembe	year	abstracts
ku dondza	to learn, to study	verbs
ku kombisa	to show, to present, to represent	verbs
lani, kola, lomu, alenu	here	adverbs
minsava	sand	nature
mpunga	rice	food
nsinya	tree	nature
ku goma	short	adjectives
tinsenge	bananas	food
mazambana	potatoes	food
ku ba	to beat	verbs
ku nwa	to drink	verbs
khwatsi	good, well	adjectives
nomo	mouth	body
homu	ox, cow	animals
bolwe	ball	things
nene, hombe	good, well	adjectives
ku xonga	beautiful	adjectives
ku tlanga	to play	verbs
misisi	hair	body
nhloko	head	body
xitrhamu	chair	things
buluku dza ku leha	trousers	clothing
ximolowana	shorts	clothing
mumu	heat	nature
mubedu	bed	things
hembe	shirt	clothing
xikipa	t-shirt	clothing
lapizera	pen	things
ku yimbelela	to sing	verbs
mbzana	dog	animals
ngohe	face	body
nyama	meat	food
ku dula	expensive	adjectives
movha	car	things
yindlu	house	things
kaya	home	things
nyala	onion	food
txana	tea	food
ku vitana	to call	verbs
mpfungulu	key	things
ku tlhasa	to arrive	verbs
mpfula	rain	nature
doropa	city	abstracts
nchumu	thing	things
xipunu	spoon	things
ni, na	with, and	conjunction
ku da	to eat	verbs
svakuda	food	food
ku xava	to buy	verbs
ku fambisa	to drive	verbs
ku tiva	to know	verbs
ku bula	to chat, converse	verbs
mbilu	heart	body
ku panda	to run	verbs
ku sveka	to cook	verbs
ku nyika	to give	verbs
litihu	finger	body
ku humula	to rest	verbs
xikwembu	god	abstracts
siku	day	abstracts
ku karhata	difficult	adjectives
male	money	things
ku hlaya, bzela	to say	verbs
ku yetlela	to sleep	verbs
ndlopfu	elefant	animals
henhla	up, on (top of)	adverbs
magezi	electricity	abstracts
ku kuluka	big, fat	adjectives
ku twa	to hear, feel	verbs
ku ngena	to enter, go in	verbs
xikole	school	things
ku trala	to write	verbs
ku nyima	to wait	verbs
xitaratu	street	things
mudondzi	student	people
mukwa	knife	things
ku khanela	to speak, talk	verbs
ku yentxa	to do	verbs
ku hisa	hot, to burn	adjectives
ku titimeta	cold	adjectives
ku hamba	to make	verbs
ku pfala	to close	verbs
ku sala	to stay	verbs
n'wana	child	people
ndlala	hunger	abstracts
handle	outside	adverbs
huku	chicken	animals
xigadzana	bottle	things
xipixi	cat	animals
ku rhandza	to like, love	verbs
kulu	tall, big	adjectives
namunthla	today	adverbs
wanuna	man	people
ku ya teka	go fetch/go pick up	verbs
ku ya	to go do sth.	verbs
ku muka	to go home	verbs
makwerhu	brother/sister	people
ku hlampsa	wash	verbs
ku teka	to take, to get	verbs
bomu	lemon	food
buku	book	things
nsila	garbage, litter	things
xitolo	shop, store	things
kule	far	adjectives
mamana	mother, mom	people
mixo	morning	abstracts
voko	arm	body
mandla	hands	body
nuna	husband	people
kambe	but	adverbs
ntombi	girl	people
mufana	boy	people
ku hemba	to lie	verbs
bazara	market	things
ku trakama	wet	adjectives
mufambisi	driver	people
ngopfu	very	adjectives
wansati	woman	people
vusiku	night, evening	abstracts
vito	name	people
tihlu	eye	body
kwini, kwi, lomu	where	pronouns
tolo	yesterday	adverbs
ku khongela	to pray	verbs
ndleve	ear	body
matandza	egg	food
tatana	father, dad	people
rhitu	word	abstracts
pawu	bred	food
ku fana	to be like, to take after, to resemble, like	verbs
maxaka	family, relatives	people
ku khoma	to hold, to grasp, to grab	verbs
nhlampfi	fish	animals
ku pimisa	to think	verbs
ku trongo	a little	adjectives
nenge	leg	body
kusuhi	close, near	adjectives
bindza	heavey	adjectives
mhunu	person	people
i mhaka muni	why	prep/conj
xipfalu	door	things
sva koteka	possible	adjectives
xivutisu	question	abstracts
ku vutisa	to ask	verbs
ku djuletela	to search, to look for	verbs
mudondzisi	teacher, professor	people
ku dzinga	to taste	verbs
ku koka	to pull	verbs
nkama muni	when (at what time)	pronouns
loko	if	prep/conj
siku muni	when (which day)	pronouns
muni	which, which type, how much	pronouns
ngaki, ngani	how many	pronouns
mune	four	adjective
svaku	that, so that	prep/conj
mani	who	people
ku yamukela	to receive	verbs
ku lungisa	to repair, to fix, to arrange	verbs
ku hleka	to laugh	verbs
munyu	salt	food
muholo	salary	abstracts
xifambu	shoe	clothing
vhiki	week	abstracts
ku trhama	to sit, to sit down, to live (in..)	verbs
ku leha	tall	adjectives
ku vabza	sick, ill	verbs
dambu	sun	nature
ndzhuti	shade	nature
nkama	time	abstracts
ku chava	to be afraid of	verbs
ximati	tomato	food
ku tirha	to work	verbs
ntirhu	work	abstracts
ku buyisa	to bring	verbs
ku xavisa	to sell	verbs
moya	wind	nature
ku vona	to see	verbs
wutomi	life, health, way of living	abstracts
ku hanya	to live, to be well	verbs
murhi	medicine	things
mulungu	forgeiner, white person	people
hina	we	pronouns
hum-mh	no	phrase
ina	yes	phrase
ka hisa	it's hot	phrase
mina	me, I	pronouns
nwina	you (plural)	pronouns
vona	they	pronouns
wena	you	pronouns
yena	he/she	pronouns