Ambel
Ambel is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Ambel (Amber), also known as Waigeo after the island where it is primarily spoken, is a heavily Papuan-influenced Austronesian language spoken on the island of Waigeo in the Raja Ampat archipelago near the northwestern tip of West Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken by approximately 1,600 people. It is endangered, as the population is shifting to Papuan Malay and few people born after the year 2000 have any knowledge of the language.
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Words in Ambel
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | met* | |
| name | gayn* | |
| eye | taTi* | |
| ear | talamtum* | |
| nose | sun* | |
| tooth | wali* | |
| tongue | ware* | |
| hand | kapyan* | |
| blood | lomo* | |
| bone | kabom* | |
| skin | irip* | |
| knee | tatigil* | |
| breast | su* | |
| liver | latey* | |
| water | we* | |
| fire | lap* | |
| sun | laynta* | |
| star | kalo* | |
| stone | katin* | |
| mountain | il* | |
| tree | ay* | |
| leaf | kokanu* | |
| night | gam* | |
| dog | ayi* | |
| fish | dun* | |
| louse | ut* | |
| one | kitem* | |
| two | low* | |
| I | yene* | |
| you | awa* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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