Kelabit
bahasa Kelabit
Kelabit is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kelabit is one of the most remote languages of Borneo, on the Sarawak–North Kalimantan border. It is spoken by one of the smallest ethnicities in Borneo, the Kelabit people.
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Words in Kelabit
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | lEmulun* | |
| name | Nadan* | |
| eye | matEh* | |
| ear | lalid* | |
| nose | idhuN* | |
| tooth | lipEn* | |
| tongue | dila7* | |
| hand | tidhu7* | |
| blood | dara7* | |
| bone | tulaN* | |
| skin | anit* | |
| breast | iti7* | |
| liver | ate* | |
| water | Ebha7* | |
| fire | apuy | |
| star | gEtu7En* | |
| rain | udan | |
| stone | batuh* | |
| leaf | da7un* | |
| night | dEdhEm* | |
| dog | uku7* | |
| fish | luaŋ | |
| louse | kutuh* | |
| one | EdhEh* | |
| two | duEh* | |
| I | uih* | |
| you | iko* | |
| we | tuah* | |
| drink | irup* | |
| see | ni7Er* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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