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Damal

bahasa Amung

Damal is a language isolate spoken in Indonesia, by about 14 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Damal · 4.2°S 137.5°E

An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.

Uhunduni, also known as Damal (Damal-kal) and Amung (Amung-kal) after two of its dialects, is the language of the Amung people and Damal people. It is a Trans–New Guinea language that forms an independent branch of that family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005). However, it is treated as an isolate by Palmer (2018). This language family is also called Ingkipilu in a classification by Anton Moeliono. The word Damal came from the Dani people, while Uhunduni came from the Moni people.

Dialects are Amongme, Amung, Damal, Enggipilu.

From Wikipedia · Uhunduni languages · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Damal

MeaningWordRomanization
personme*
eyetom*
earelo*
noseamok*
toothdek*
tongueenas8*
handaeu*
bloodemaN*
bone3ndok*
skinyiwal*
kneenokop*
breastkam*
watero*
fireka*
sunul*
starkukawina*
stonekela*
mountainbu*
treeem*
dogmeCem*
oneamegag*
twoau*
Inau*
youau*
weaunau*
drinknomuni*
seenulil*
dienelaga*
comemu*
pathmaNa*

* 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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