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Molof

bahasa Ampas

Molof is a language isolate spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Molof · 3.4°S 140.6°E

An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.

Molof (Ampas, Poule, Powle-Ma) is a poorly documented Papuan language spoken by about 200 people in Molof village, Senggi District, Keerom Regency.

From Wikipedia · Molof language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Molof

MeaningWordRomanization
personLumLum*
nameti*
eyeLum*
earou*
nosetoNke*
toothtE*
tongueaifoma*
bloodmit*
boneantai*
skinkan*
kneetEmbi*
breastmu*
liverwanuma*
wateryat*
firetomb3*
sunn3man*
startakea*
stonel3*
mountainra*
treewar*
leafli*
nightkolumalis*
dogwont3*
fishpenti*
louse3Lim*
onekwesekak*
twoatati*
Im3ik*
youin*
weti*

* 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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