Buru (Indonesia)
Buru (Indonesia) is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, by about 33 thousand people.
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Buru or Buruese (Buru: li fuk Buru) is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Central Maluku branch. In 1991 it was spoken by approximately 45,000 Buru people who live on the Indonesian island of Buru (Indonesian: Pulau Buru). It is also preserved in the Buru communities on Ambon and some other Maluku Islands, as well as in the Indonesian capital Jakarta and in the Netherlands.
The most detailed study of Buru language was conducted in the 1980s by Australian missionaries and ethnographers Charles E. Grimes and Barbara Dix Grimes.
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Words in Buru (Indonesia)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | geba* | |
| name | Nan* | |
| eye | raman* | |
| ear | etliNan* | |
| nose | Nen* | |
| tooth | Nisin* | |
| tongue | man* | |
| hand | fahan* | |
| blood | rahan* | |
| bone | rohin* | |
| skin | okon* | |
| knee | enolon* | |
| breast | soson* | |
| liver | nenan* | |
| water | wae | |
| fire | bana* | |
| sun | lea* | |
| star | tolot* | |
| rain | dekat | |
| stone | fatu* | |
| mountain | fuka* | |
| tree | lahin* | |
| leaf | omon* | |
| night | beton* | |
| dog | asu* | |
| fish | ika* | |
| louse | koto* | |
| one | emsian* | |
| two | rua* | |
| I | yako* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- LiselaAustronesian59% alike
- HukuminaAustronesian35% alike
- Banda (Indonesia)Austronesian30% alike
- KayeliAustronesian30% alike
- BanggaiAustronesian28% alike
- Yalahatan-Haruru-AwaiyaAustronesian27% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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