Kula (Indonesia)
bahasa Kula
Kula (Indonesia) is a Timor-Alor-Pantar language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kula (Kola) or Lamtoka (Lantoka), also known as Tanglapui, is a Papuan language spoken in villages on the north coast, south coast and mountainous interior of Alor Island in Indonesia. Dialects are Kula proper, Kulatela, Watena, Kula Watena, Iramang, Larena, Sumang, and Arumaka. Most settlements where Kula is spoken are "new villages" that have only been inhabited since the 1960s. Due to this recent resettlement, and since usage of the language is discouraged in schools, Kula is an endangered language.
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Words in Kula (Indonesia)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | ndEni* | |
| eye | Nikwaya* | |
| ear | Nwalaha* | |
| nose | mpini* | |
| tooth | Nwageya* | |
| tongue | Nanlipu* | |
| hand | ntani* | |
| blood | Naweya* | |
| bone | Nasaya* | |
| skin | Nagaka* | |
| knee | Nseyaku* | |
| breast | Nniyameya* | |
| water | ijaya* | |
| fire | ada* | |
| sun | wadiya* | |
| star | p3s3lawa* | |
| stone | wapaka* | |
| mountain | atakulimpa* | |
| tree | asaka* | |
| leaf | laka* | |
| night | itinan* | |
| dog | katuwala* | |
| fish | ap7i* | |
| louse | inuwana* | |
| one | sona* | |
| two | yaku* | |
| drink | NE* | |
| see | di* | |
| die | yamu* | |
| come | mE7* |
* 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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