m ) ▁buy i ▁ar du ▁ka - wing ka ▁way k ali ya ▁w ul ang indu ▁k ila - k ala ▁ny iku - b aba . ▁ ▁The ▁little ▁boy ▁went ▁down ▁to ▁the ▁river ▁and ▁saw ▁his ▁brother . ▁ ▁The ▁BBC ▁reported ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁ 3 ▁fl uent ▁female ▁speak ers ▁world wide . ▁ ▁Spe ech ▁styles ▁In ▁Y any u wa , ▁certain ▁words ▁have ▁syn onym s ▁used ▁to ▁replace ▁the ▁every day ▁term ▁in ▁certain ▁cultural ▁situations . ▁ ▁A void ance ▁speech ▁A void ance ▁speech ▁is ▁speech ▁style ▁used ▁when ▁talking ▁to ▁or ▁near ▁certain ▁relatives : ▁one ' s ▁sib lings ▁and ▁c ous ins ▁of ▁the ▁opposite ▁sex , ▁one ' s ▁brother - in - law , ▁sister - in - law , ▁father - in - law ▁and ▁mother - in - law , ▁and ▁one ' s ▁nie ces ▁and ▁nep he ws ▁if ▁their ▁father ▁( for ▁male ▁speak ers ) ▁or ▁their ▁mother ▁( for ▁female ▁speak ers ) ▁has ▁died . ▁Occ asion ally , ▁avoid ance ▁speech ▁takes ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁different ▁aff ix es ▁to ▁usual ▁speech , ▁but ▁generally , ▁it ▁is ▁simply ▁a ▁change ▁in ▁voc ab ul ary . ▁ ▁For ▁example , ▁a ▁dig ging ▁stick ▁is ▁usually ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁na - w ab ija , ▁but ▁when ▁talking ▁to ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁above ▁relatives , ▁the ▁word ▁used ▁is