East Damar
East Damar is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, by about 400 people.
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East Damar is one of two Austronesian languages spoken on Damar Island in Maluku, Indonesia.
It is not closely related to the other language of Damar Island, the highly divergent West Damar language.
From Wikipedia · East Damar language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in East Damar
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tamot* | |
| name | inanara* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | Nina* | |
| nose | nurma* | |
| tooth | Niha* | |
| tongue | lemai* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | rar* | |
| bone | ruri* | |
| skin | ulitian* | |
| breast | huhu* | |
| liver | ralma* | |
| water | 'er | |
| fire | ai* | |
| star | bintaN* | |
| rain | mulo | |
| stone | watu* | |
| leaf | taven* | |
| night | alam* | |
| dog | ahu* | |
| fish | yaN* | |
| louse | utu* | |
| one | mehan* | |
| two | woru* | |
| I | au* | |
| we | it* | |
| drink | gomun* | |
| see | goven* | |
| hear | gatlin* |
* 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
Glottolog · east2472 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · dmr