Mamuju
Mamuju is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, by about 63 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Mamuju is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
The dialects of Mamuju include Mamuju, Sumare-Rangas, Padang, and Sinyonyoi. The Mamuju dialect is considered more prestigious. Its written form is based on Latin alphabet.
Although Mamuju is traditionally classified as South Sulawesi, it has various words of Wotu–Wolio origin.
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Words in Mamuju
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tau* | |
| name | saNa* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | taliNa* | |
| tooth | isi* | |
| tongue | lila* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | dara* | |
| bone | buku* | |
| skin | koliq* | |
| liver | ate* | |
| water | wai | |
| fire | api* | |
| sun | allo* | |
| star | bittoeN* | |
| stone | batu* | |
| mountain | tanete* | |
| leaf | daun* | |
| night | boNi* | |
| fish | bau* | |
| louse | kutu* | |
| one | mesa* | |
| two | dedua* | |
| you | dioa* | |
| we | kita* | |
| drink | menum* | |
| see | ita* | |
| path | lalan* | |
| new | bakaru* | |
| full | ponno* |
* 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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