Amahai
Amahai is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, by about 50 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Amahai is a nearly extinct Austronesian language spoken in the Moluccas in eastern Indonesia. It might actually be two distinct languages.
From Wikipedia · Amahai language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Amahai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mansia* | |
| name | nala* | |
| eye | ma7a* | |
| ear | irina* | |
| nose | iri* | |
| tooth | niha7u* | |
| tongue | mei* | |
| hand | rima* | |
| blood | lalalo* | |
| bone | riri* | |
| skin | huiro* | |
| breast | susuro* | |
| liver | hu7uwa* | |
| water | aelo | |
| fire | hauro* | |
| star | umaro* | |
| rain | sialo | |
| stone | ha7uro* | |
| leaf | launo* | |
| night | omole7e* | |
| dog | asuro* | |
| fish | iano* | |
| louse | u7uwo* | |
| one | sane* | |
| two | rua* | |
| I | au* | |
| you | ale* | |
| we | eko* | |
| drink | yunu* | |
| see | keru* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · amah1245 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · amq