Kenaboi
Kenaboi was a language isolate once spoken in Malaysia.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Kĕnaboi is an extinct unclassified language of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia that may be a language isolate or an Austroasiatic language belonging to the Aslian branch. It is attested in what appears to be two dialects, based on word lists of about 250 lexical items, presumably collected around 1870–90.
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Words in Kenaboi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | som* | |
| eye | laN* | |
| ear | Celioh* | |
| nose | liaN* | |
| tooth | Cerah* | |
| tongue | Telil* | |
| hand | ta* | |
| blood | Caha* | |
| bone | gus* | |
| skin | selompot* | |
| knee | teNkhu* | |
| breast | rapaN* | |
| water | par* | |
| fire | haNoi* | |
| sun | 5antaN* | |
| star | kelip* | |
| stone | buNkal* | |
| mountain | tunTak* | |
| tree | senTeh* | |
| leaf | rayaN* | |
| night | selit* | |
| dog | amun* | |
| fish | rayap* | |
| one | moi* | |
| two | sar* | |
| I | kaban* | |
| drink | tuNet* | |
| die | Tulat* | |
| come | intok* | |
| new | ntek* |
* 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 · kena1236 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · xbn