Bauzi
Bauzi is a Geelvink Bay language spoken in Indonesia.
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Bauzi (also written Baudi, Baudji, Baudzi, Bauri) is a Papuan language of the East Geelvink Bay family spoken in the Indonesian province of Papua.
Dialects are Gesda Dae, Neao, and Aumenefa. Villages are Danau Bira, Itaba, Kustera, Neao, Noiadi, Solom, and Vakiadi. It is reported to use a mode of whistled speech.
Bauzi is the best documented East Geelvink Bay language, but may or may not be representative of the Geelvink Bay family as a whole.
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Words in Bauzi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | dat* | |
| name | E* | |
| eye | faxo* | |
| ear | dogoi* | |
| nose | omto* | |
| tongue | iso* | |
| hand | anekeha* | |
| blood | vasEa* | |
| bone | fa* | |
| skin | sokoba* | |
| knee | ouha* | |
| breast | ahudE* | |
| liver | alEho* | |
| water | vaɔ | |
| fire | vua* | |
| sun | ala* | |
| star | fako* | |
| stone | kE* | |
| mountain | bitEha* | |
| tree | uto* | |
| leaf | Et* | |
| night | disi* | |
| dog | vEm* | |
| fish | bohE* | |
| louse | voa* | |
| one | vEmtEa* | |
| two | bEhEsu* | |
| I | e* | |
| you | o* | |
| we | i* |
* 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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