Komodo
bahasa Komodo
Komodo is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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The Komodo language (Wana Modo) is a language spoken by the present-day inhabitants of Komodo Island, with a small population of speakers on mainland Flores, as well as by the extinct Komodo people.
Komodo belongs to the Austronesian language family, and is a distinct and separate language from Manggarai.
In the Komodo language, the famous Komodo dragons are known as sebae 'twins', due to belief by the Komodo people that they share the same spiritual mother as the dragons.
From Wikipedia · Komodo language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Komodo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | ina | |
| woman | ata wine | |
| person | tou* | |
| name | NaraN* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | kaliNa* | |
| nose | NiruN* | |
| tooth | Nentu* | |
| tongue | lema* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | ra* | |
| bone | toko* | |
| skin | luki* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| water | banu | |
| fire | api* | |
| sun | mataro* | |
| star | bolaN* | |
| rain | urang | |
| stone | watu* | |
| mountain | ntodoh* | |
| tree | hayu* | |
| leaf | Nolo* | |
| night | isa* | |
| dog | buNa* | |
| fish | ihaN* | |
| horse | jarang | |
| one | sa* | |
| two | rua* | |
| I | ahu* |
* 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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