Banggai
bahasa Banggai
Banggai is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Banggai language is the main language spoken by the inhabitants of the Banggai Archipelago off the island of Sulawesi. It belongs to the Saluan–Banggai branch of the Celebic subgroup.
Historically, Banggai was a spoken language without a long literary history. The earliest surviving manuscript in the Banggai language comes from the 19th century, the account of a Banggai fisherman who was sold into slavery by Maguindanaoan raiders in the 1860s-70s before escaping.
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Words in Banggai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | baNgapi* | |
| name | sambu* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | taliNa* | |
| tooth | NoliN* | |
| tongue | alep* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | sau* | |
| bone | buku* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | ate* | |
| water | paisu | |
| fire | bilat* | |
| star | bituonpauna* | |
| rain | udan | |
| stone | batu* | |
| leaf | lon* | |
| dog | asu | |
| fish | susum* | |
| horse | ajalan | |
| louse | kutu* | |
| one | meN* | |
| two | lua* | |
| I | iaku* | |
| you | ikomuyu* | |
| we | ikita* | |
| drink | inum* | |
| see | kita* | |
| hear | loNol* | |
| die | mate* |
* 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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