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Adang

bahasa Adang

Adang is a Timor-Alor-Pantar language spoken in Indonesia, by about 3,000 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Adang · 8.2°S 124.4°E

Adang is a Papuan language of the Timor–Alor–Pantar language family spoken on the island of Alor in Indonesia. The language is agglutinative. The Hamap dialect is sometimes treated as a separate language; on the other hand, Kabola, which is sociolinguistically distinct, is sometimes included. Adang, Hamap, and Kabola are considered a dialect chain. Adang is endangered as fewer speakers raise their children in Adang, instead opting for Indonesian.

From Wikipedia · Adang language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Adang

MeaningWordRomanization
personnama*
nameani*
eyeavain*
earafal*
noseamiN*
toothafiN*
tonguealibuN*
handataN*
bloodfui7*
bonetarop*
skinuil*
kneeaparih*
breastto7*
liverdomur*
watersɛi
fireofoin*
sunfad*
staribiN*
stonefoi*
mountaindoi*
treeti7*
leafbah*
nightdiSpono*
dogbal*
fishob*
snakemudlu
louseut*
onenu7*
twoalo*
Inari*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary

  • HamapTimor-Alor-Pantar59% alike
  • KabolaTimor-Alor-Pantar43% alike
  • Kui (Indonesia)Timor-Alor-Pantar21% alike
  • KaeraTimor-Alor-Pantar19% alike
  • KlonTimor-Alor-Pantar19% alike
  • RetaTimor-Alor-Pantar18% alike

Grammar

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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