Dobel
Dobel is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, by about 2,000 people.
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Dobel, or Kobro’or, is one of the Aru languages, spoken by inhabitants of the Aru Islands Regency, Indonesia. It is close to Kola.
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Words in Dobel
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tamatu* | |
| name | tam* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | ta7ar* | |
| nose | suran* | |
| tooth | Neyan* | |
| tongue | abelar* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | kwudu* | |
| bone | tul* | |
| skin | ala* | |
| knee | yabatunay* | |
| breast | pola* | |
| liver | sata* | |
| water | kwar | |
| fire | say* | |
| sun | laru* | |
| star | takwun* | |
| rain | kwusan | |
| stone | patu* | |
| mountain | pu7ar* | |
| tree | ay* | |
| leaf | takwun* | |
| night | pi7ay* | |
| dog | kwoyar* | |
| fish | si7a* | |
| louse | utu* | |
| one | ye* | |
| two | ro* | |
| I | sa7u* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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