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Ma'anyan

Ma'anyan is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, by about 150 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Ma'anyan · 2.1°S 115.1°E

Maʼanyan, Maanyan, Maʼanyan Barito, Maanyan Barito, Maʼanyan Dayak, Maanyan Dayak is an Austronesian language belonging to the eastern branch of the Barito language family. According to the 2003 census, it is spoken by about 150,000 Maʼanyan Dayaks – a Dayak ethnic group native to the Central and South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is closely related to Malagasy, an East Barito dialect continuum spoken in Madagascar, although these languages are not highly mutually intelligible due to centuries-long separation.

From Wikipedia · Maʼanyan language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Ma'anyan

MeaningWordRomanization
womanbabei
personulun*
namearan*
eyematE*
earsilu7*
noseuruN*
toothdipEn*
tonguelEla7*
handtaNan*
bloodira7*
bonetu7ulaN*
skinkudit*
kneeulukatuk*
breastdada7*
liveratEi*
waterranu
fireapui*
sunmatEanrau*
starbintaN*
rainuran
stonebatu*
mountaingunuN*
treekakau*
leafdaun*
nightkamalEm*
dogduyu7*
fishkenah
lousekutu*
oneisa7*
tworuEh*

* 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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