Emplawas
Emplawas is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Emplawas is an Austronesian language spoken in a single village on Babar Island in South Maluku, Indonesia.
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Words in Emplawas
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | nune* | |
| eye | mukle* | |
| ear | klise* | |
| nose | ite* | |
| tooth | lise* | |
| tongue | nupe* | |
| hand | lipe* | |
| blood | re* | |
| bone | ruwiliyE7* | |
| skin | tuviyE7* | |
| breast | tutiyE7* | |
| liver | uk3liyE7* | |
| water | veE7* | |
| fire | uyE7* | |
| star | kule* | |
| rain | ope' | |
| stone | wakiyE7* | |
| leaf | osiE7* | |
| night | mEle* | |
| dog | utiE7* | |
| fish | ile* | |
| louse | okiye* | |
| one | mEt* | |
| two | wuru* | |
| I | nu* | |
| we | ik* | |
| drink | lEp* | |
| see | miEla* | |
| hear | rerEl* | |
| die | muk* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- ImroingAustronesian30% alike
- East MaselaAustronesian30% alike
- Central MaselaAustronesian30% alike
- Tela-MasbuarAustronesian28% alike
- SeriliAustronesian27% alike
- Southeast BabarAustronesian23% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · empl1237 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · emw