Cua
Cua is an Austroasiatic language spoken in Vietnam. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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The Cua language (also known as Bòng Mieu) is a Bahnaric language spoken in the Quảng Ngãi and Quảng Nam provinces of Vietnam. Cua dialects include Kol (Kor, Cor, Co, Col, Dot, Yot) and Traw (Tràu, Dong). Maier & Burton (1981) is currently the most extensive Cua dictionary to date.
From Wikipedia · Cua language (Austroasiatic) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Cua
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | m3nih* | |
| name | 7al* | |
| eye | mat* | |
| ear | tol* | |
| nose | muh* | |
| tooth | kanEN* | |
| tongue | pi3t* | |
| hand | ti* | |
| blood | phap* | |
| bone | khli3k* | |
| skin | kaduh* | |
| knee | t3kul* | |
| breast | toh* | |
| liver | pl3p* | |
| water | daːk | |
| fire | ol* | |
| sun | mathN3y* | |
| star | s3lak* | |
| stone | phaw* | |
| mountain | dot* | |
| tree | b37ol* | |
| leaf | hla* | |
| night | kam3N* | |
| dog | so* | |
| fish | ka* | |
| louse | say* | |
| one | muy* | |
| two | vay7* | |
| I | go* | |
| you | may7i3* |
* 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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