Lemeting
Lemeting is an Austronesian language spoken in Malaysia and Brunei. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Belait, or Lemeting, is a Malayo-Polynesian language of Brunei and neighbouring Malaysia. It is spoken by the Belait people who mainly reside in the Bruneian Belait District. There were estimated 700+ speakers in the 1990s to fewer than 200 speakers in 2026 due to lack of intergenerational transmission.
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Words in Lemeting
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | bulo3n* | |
| name | adin* | |
| eye | matah* | |
| ear | t3liNah* | |
| nose | ndoN* | |
| tooth | nipan* | |
| tongue | d3li* | |
| hand | Nan* | |
| blood | s3ma* | |
| bone | tulaN* | |
| skin | kulEt* | |
| breast | titay* | |
| liver | atay* | |
| water | siʼ | |
| fire | sab* | |
| star | pata* | |
| stone | bateow* | |
| leaf | da7on* | |
| night | lEm* | |
| dog | asau* | |
| cat | usieng | |
| fish | putā | |
| louse | kuteow* | |
| one | CEh* | |
| two | dubEh* | |
| I | kaw* | |
| you | naw* | |
| we | kitah* | |
| drink | m3sap* | |
| see | m3la7* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- NaromAustronesian48% alike
- LelakAustronesian46% alike
- KiputAustronesian45% alike
- West BerawanAustronesian34% alike
- TutongAustronesian34% alike
- Daro-Matu MelanauAustronesian33% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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