Muna
Muna is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, by about 300 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Muna is an Austronesian language spoken principally on the island of Muna as well as North-west Buton Island, off the southeast coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia. The language is well-documented, especially by linguist René van den Berg. In 2010, the language had around 270,000 speakers.
From Wikipedia · Muna language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Muna
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | robhine | |
| head | fotu | |
| water | oe | |
| rain | ghuse | |
| river | laa | |
| horse | adhara | |
| four | paa |
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Grammar
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