Mawes
bahasa Mawes
Mawes is a language isolate spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Mawes is a recently extinct Papuan language of Indonesia.
Usher (2020) proposes that it may be related to the Kwerbic languages. Foley (2018) classifies Mawes as a language isolate, and so does Hammarström (2010). It had 850 native speakers in 2006, but was extinct by 2024.
From Wikipedia · Mawes language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Mawes
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ke* | |
| name | dimane* | |
| eye | nonsom* | |
| ear | ber* | |
| nose | so* | |
| tooth | wan* | |
| tongue | modo* | |
| hand | etau* | |
| blood | werei* | |
| bone | tuan* | |
| skin | dukunen* | |
| knee | kerso* | |
| breast | mem* | |
| water | bo | |
| fire | kani* | |
| sun | esar* | |
| star | nonowa* | |
| stone | fet* | |
| mountain | medam* | |
| tree | deNkin* | |
| leaf | ton* | |
| night | kotarau* | |
| dog | wede* | |
| fish | enan* | |
| louse | sene* | |
| one | mendakai* | |
| two | yakeneu* | |
| I | kidam* | |
| you | nam* | |
| we | inem* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Inpui NagaSino-Tibetan10% alike
- AnjamNuclear Trans New Guinea9% alike
- Central CarrierAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit9% alike
- KederTor-Orya9% alike
- KwinsuTor-Orya9% alike
- SulkaIsolates9% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · mawe1251 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mgk