Ma'anyan
Ma'anyan is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, by about 150 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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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
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | babei | |
| person | ulun* | |
| name | aran* | |
| eye | matE* | |
| ear | silu7* | |
| nose | uruN* | |
| tooth | dipEn* | |
| tongue | lEla7* | |
| hand | taNan* | |
| blood | ira7* | |
| bone | tu7ulaN* | |
| skin | kudit* | |
| knee | ulukatuk* | |
| breast | dada7* | |
| liver | atEi* | |
| water | ranu | |
| fire | apui* | |
| sun | matEanrau* | |
| star | bintaN* | |
| rain | uran | |
| stone | batu* | |
| mountain | gunuN* | |
| tree | kakau* | |
| leaf | daun* | |
| night | kamalEm* | |
| dog | duyu7* | |
| fish | kenah | |
| louse | kutu* | |
| one | isa7* | |
| two | ruEh* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Dusun WituAustronesian75% alike
- Dusun MalangAustronesian69% alike
- PakuAustronesian68% alike
- Dusun DeyahAustronesian62% alike
- Berau MalayAustronesian45% alike
- MusiAustronesian45% alike
Grammar
- Caribbean JavaneseAustronesian95% alike
- Western BruAustroasiatic91% alike
- West BerawanAustronesian90% alike
- Cocos Islands MalayAustronesian90% alike
- Bukar-Sadung BidayuhAustronesian90% alike
- Baram KayanAustronesian89% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · maan1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mhy