Kupang Malay
Kupang Malay is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia.
See it on the globeOpen in the family tree
Kupang Malay or Kupang language is a Malay-based creole language spoken in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, which is on the west end of Timor Island. Kupang Malay is presently used as a lingua franca for inter-ethnic communication, and it also has native speakers.
It is based on archaic Malay mixed mostly with Dutch, Portuguese, and other local languages. It is similar to Ambonese Malay with several differences in vocabulary and accent. Its grammatical system resembles other Eastern Indonesian Malay creoles.
Kupang Malay originated sometime before the 17th century.
From Wikipedia · Kupang Malay · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kupang Malay
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | oraN* | |
| name | nama* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | taliNa* | |
| nose | idoN* | |
| hand | taNan* | |
| blood | dara* | |
| bone | tulaN* | |
| skin | kulit* | |
| knee | lutut* | |
| liver | hati* | |
| water | aer* | |
| fire | api* | |
| sun | matahari* | |
| star | bintaN* | |
| stone | batu* | |
| mountain | gunuN* | |
| leaf | daon* | |
| night | malam* | |
| dog | anjiN* | |
| fish | ikan* | |
| louse | kutu* | |
| one | satu* | |
| I | beta* | |
| you | lu* | |
| we | kotoN* | |
| drink | Ninu* | |
| see | lia* | |
| hear | deNar* | |
| die | mati* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Manado MalayAustronesian87% alike
- North Moluccan MalayAustronesian83% alike
- Central MalayAustronesian76% alike
- IndonesianAustronesian74% alike
- Banda MalayAustronesian74% alike
- Ambonese MalayAustronesian74% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · kupa1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mkn