Burmeso
bahasa Boromeso
Burmeso is a language isolate spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
The Burmeso language, also known as Taurap (from the word tauraf meaning 'language'), is a language spoken by some 300 people in Burmeso village along the mid Mamberamo River in Mamberamo Tengah subdistrict, Mamberamo Raya Regency, Papua province, Indonesia. It is surrounded by the Kwerba languages to the north, the Lakes Plain languages to the south, and the East Cenderawasih Bay languages to the west.
Burmeso forms a branch of Malcolm Ross's family of East Bird's Head – Sentani languages, but had been considered a language isolate by Stephen Wurm and William A. Foley. The language has very distinct grammatical structure. It has SOV word order.
From Wikipedia · Burmeso language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Burmeso
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tamo* | |
| name | ahau* | |
| eye | Tenar* | |
| tooth | araruro* | |
| hand | aura* | |
| blood | sar* | |
| bone | hiurap* | |
| skin | asimemiro* | |
| water | bau | |
| fire | hor* | |
| sun | misiavo* | |
| stone | ako* | |
| tree | haman* | |
| night | fuap* | |
| dog | Tamo* | |
| louse | hati* | |
| one | neisano* | |
| two | sor* | |
| I | dawo* | |
| you | bawo* | |
| we | boro* | |
| see | gihimi* | |
| come | ta* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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