Lamboya
bahasa Lamboya
Lamboya is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, by about 25 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Lamboya or Laboya is an Austronesian language spoken on Sumba, Indonesia. The population figure may include Gaura, which Ethnologue counts as a dialect of both Lamboya and Kodi.
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Words in Lamboya
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| father | ama | |
| child | ana | |
| woman | lawai | |
| friend | ole | |
| eye | mata | |
| ear | katillu | |
| breast | susu | |
| liver | ate | |
| water | we | |
| sun | lado | |
| rain | ura | |
| river | laiwe | |
| tree | pu | |
| fish | kaboko | |
| ten | kabullu | |
| you | yau | |
| what | aha | |
| eat | ya | |
| drink | enu | |
| see | eta | |
| die | mate | |
| rice | kadodo | |
| milk | huhhu | |
| house | umma | |
| money | ammaha | |
| big | madaka |
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- BannoniAustronesian87% alike
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- IndonesianAustronesian84% alike
- ChamorroAustronesian84% alike
- LaiyoloAustronesian83% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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