Bunak
bahasa Bunak
Bunak is a Timor-Alor-Pantar language spoken in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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The Bunak language (also known as Bunaq, Buna', Bunake, pronounced [bunaʔ]) is the language of the Bunak people of the mountainous region of central Timor, split between the political boundary between West Timor, Indonesia, particularly in Lamaknen District and East Timor. It is one of the few on Timor which is not an Austronesian language, but rather a Papuan language of the Timor–Alor–Pantar language family. The language is surrounded by Malayo-Polynesian languages, like Uab Meto and Tetun.
Bunak distinguishes between animate and inanimate noun classes.
From Wikipedia · Bunak language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Bunak
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | en* | |
| name | inil* | |
| eye | iral* | |
| ear | epal* | |
| nose | inup* | |
| tooth | ewe* | |
| tongue | up* | |
| hand | on* | |
| blood | ho* | |
| bone | sesal* | |
| skin | iwi7* | |
| breast | su* | |
| liver | otok* | |
| water | il | |
| fire | hoto* | |
| sun | hot* | |
| stone | hol* | |
| mountain | lolo* | |
| tree | hotel* | |
| leaf | nor* | |
| night | ene* | |
| dog | zap* | |
| fish | ikan* | |
| louse | hien* | |
| one | uen* | |
| two | hilo7o* | |
| I | neto* | |
| you | eto* | |
| we | i* | |
| drink | a* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- RirioAustronesian13% alike
- Western MambilaAtlantic-Congo11% alike
- Ut-MainAtlantic-Congo11% alike
- Makasae-MakaleroTimor-Alor-Pantar11% alike
- KamangTimor-Alor-Pantar11% alike
- Kui (Indonesia)Timor-Alor-Pantar11% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · buna1278 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bfn