Alak
Alak is an Austroasiatic language spoken in Laos.
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Alak is a language spoken by some 4,000 people in southern Laos, especially in the Provinces of Salavan and Sekong (where the Alak people make up over a fifth of the population). It is closely related to the language spoken by the Bahnars of Vietnam. It includes two dialects, Alak proper and Harak.
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Words in Alak
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | akan | |
| ear | tor* | |
| tooth | Tane5* | |
| tongue | hapet* | |
| bone | katiN* | |
| skin | 7akar* | |
| liver | kl3m* | |
| fire | 7u5* | |
| star | bluN* | |
| tree | qloN* | |
| fish | ka* | |
| louse | nTai* | |
| I | 7aw* | |
| drink | yok* | |
| path | ntuN* | |
| new | tamay* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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