Bolango
bahasa Bolango
Bolango is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, by about 23 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Bolango is a Philippine language spoken in North-eastern Sulawesi Indonesia. In 1981 it was spoken by some 20,000 people, 5,000 in Bolango and 15,000 in Atinggola.
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Words in Bolango
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | momata* | |
| name | dayito* | |
| eye | tuli* | |
| ear | buNola* | |
| nose | yiwuNo* | |
| tooth | Nipo* | |
| tongue | dila* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | dugu* | |
| bone | tula* | |
| skin | alipo* | |
| knee | buoe* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | ginawa* | |
| water | salaegu* | |
| fire | laeto* | |
| sun | matanowondu* | |
| star | binataNo* | |
| rain | huwa | |
| stone | batu* | |
| mountain | buidu* | |
| tree | wubuguayae* | |
| leaf | duwuiya* | |
| night | gubi* | |
| dog | wuNku* | |
| fish | poseya* | |
| louse | utu* | |
| one | oinsa* | |
| two | oduwa* | |
| I | wata* |
* 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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