Akajeru
Akajeru was a Great Andamanese language once spoken in India.
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Jeru, or Akajeru (also known as Yerawa), is a moribund dialect of the Northern Andamanese language, and the last surviving variety of the Great Andamanese language family. Jeru was spoken in the interior and south coast of North Andaman and on Sound Island. A koiné of the Northern Andamanese dialects, based principally on Akajeru, was once spoken on Strait Island; the last semi-fluent speaker of this, Nao Jr., died in 2009.
Akajeru, Akachari, Akakhora and Akabo were dialects of a singular language, termed Northern Andamanese, with lexical correspondency between Akajeru and Akachari at 93%.
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Words in Akajeru
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nu* | |
| name | liu* | |
| eye | ulu* | |
| ear | buo* | |
| nose | kotho* | |
| tooth | phile* | |
| tongue | tat* | |
| hand | bala* | |
| blood | tei* | |
| bone | toe* | |
| skin | kobo* | |
| knee | Torok* | |
| breast | metEi* | |
| liver | meTa* | |
| water | ino | |
| fire | at* | |
| sun | bodo* | |
| star | kata5* | |
| stone | koEr* | |
| mountain | buruin* | |
| tree | toN* | |
| leaf | tET* | |
| night | bat* | |
| dog | Tao* | |
| fish | tayioTor* | |
| louse | koemo* | |
| one | ontoplo* | |
| two | ertaphul* | |
| I | thu* | |
| you | Nio* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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