Kanowit-Tanjong Melanau
Kanowit-Tanjong Melanau is an Austronesian language spoken in Malaysia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Kanowit language, also called Serau Tet Kanowit (language of the Kanowit people), is an Austronesian language spoken in Sarawak, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. It is mutually intelligible with the Tanjong (alternatively spelled Tanjung) language, which is spoken even further upriver near the town of Kapit. Tanjong may be a separate language from Kanowit. However, both languages currently share the denomination kxn in ISO 639-3. Kanowit is primarily spoken in Kampung Bedil, a village located approximately one mile up the Rajang River from Kanowit Town.
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Words in Kanowit-Tanjong Melanau
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | Nadan* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | likat* | |
| nose | uduoN* | |
| tooth | yipan* | |
| tongue | yila* | |
| hand | paug* | |
| blood | daha* | |
| bone | tulaN* | |
| skin | anit* | |
| breast | susau* | |
| liver | atai* | |
| water | anum | |
| fire | apoi* | |
| sun | matalau* | |
| star | baton* | |
| stone | batau* | |
| mountain | tugoN* | |
| tree | kayau* | |
| leaf | dun* | |
| night | malam* | |
| dog | asau* | |
| fish | ǯən | |
| louse | kutau* | |
| one | jebra* | |
| two | duwa* | |
| I | akau* | |
| you | kau* | |
| we | kamai* | |
| drink | mihup* |
* 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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Glottolog · kano1244 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kxn