Izwi rokuti mbari riri kushandiswa pano kuturikira chinonzi genus kuEnglish rinova boka rezvisikwa zvinorarama zvakanyanya kufanana. Kune mbari inosanganisa mhuka dzinoti: shumba, mbada, mbada yekuchando taiga nejagwa. Izwi rokuti mbari raumbwa pano richitodzaniswa nembari inotaurwa kuGiryama vachireva zvinotevera: hama; mhuri; zvikurusei hama dzekure sezvarehwa pasi apo. Ubare (gender). Kuparira (engender). Giryama vanoti mbari (kindred, kin, family - used for less close relatives) zvinotevera: hama; mhuri; zvikurusei hama dzekure. Swahili neTaita vanoti mbari (family, clan, tribe, nation, kindred; kin). Zigula vanoti mbali (n. a tribe, nation) kureva rudzi. VaDigo vanoti mbari (family or clan on father's side) kureva mhuri yedivi rababa. VaDigo vanoti m'bari (relative on father's side) kureva hama yedivi rekwababa. Nyungwe vanoti ubale (n. family) kureva mhuri. VaSena vanoti ubale (n. brotherhood). Herero vanoti vari kana mbari (n. two) kureva mbiri.