Ambai
bahasa Ambai
Ambai is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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The Ambai or Ampari is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ambai people in Indonesian New Guinea (Papua Province), mostly on the Ambai Islands, as well as the southern part of Yapen Island. The number of speakers is estimated to be 10,000. Dialects are Randawaya, Ambai (Wadapi-Laut), and Manawi.
From Wikipedia · Ambai language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Ambai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | inoN* | |
| name | bonoN* | |
| eye | ure* | |
| ear | tara* | |
| nose | ubo* | |
| tooth | dere* | |
| tongue | tapereN* | |
| hand | wara* | |
| blood | rika* | |
| bone | ina* | |
| skin | rerawa* | |
| knee | abebuka* | |
| liver | eneroroN* | |
| water | mereha | |
| fire | adia* | |
| sun | bo* | |
| star | abaha* | |
| stone | kamiai* | |
| mountain | beway* | |
| leaf | rerawN* | |
| night | diru* | |
| dog | piawera* | |
| fish | diaN* | |
| louse | utu* | |
| one | bei* | |
| two | boru* | |
| I | yau* | |
| you | wau* | |
| we | tata* | |
| drink | unum* |
* 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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Elsewhere
Glottolog · amba1265 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · amk