Iau
Iau is a Lakes Plain language spoken in Indonesia.
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Iau (Iaw, Yau) or Turu is a Lakes Plain language of West Papua, Indonesia, spoken by about 2,100 people, native speakers of this language are the Turu people (Iau). Most speakers are monolingual, and their number is growing. Other peoples in the western Lakes Plain area speak basic Iau. Iau is heavily tonal, with 11 tones on nouns and 19 simple and compound tones on verbs.
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Words in Iau
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | si | |
| person | te* | |
| name | osu* | |
| eye | fE* | |
| ear | e* | |
| nose | to* | |
| tongue | ae* | |
| hand | oi* | |
| blood | oe* | |
| bone | i* | |
| skin | i* | |
| knee | soi* | |
| breast | tui* | |
| liver | ta* | |
| water | e | |
| fire | bE* | |
| sun | bai* | |
| star | tata* | |
| stone | fEki* | |
| mountain | da* | |
| tree | u* | |
| leaf | osu* | |
| night | dahaide* | |
| dog | la* | |
| fish | hi* | |
| louse | ibo* | |
| one | bisibE* | |
| two | bo* | |
| I | a* | |
| you | di* |
* 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 · iauu1242 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · tmu