Musi
Basé Musi
Musi is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia.
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Musi (Basé Musi) is a Malayic variety spoken primarily in parts of South Sumatra, Indonesia. While the name Musi in the broad sense can also refer to the wider Musi dialect network comprising both Upper Musi and Palembang–Lowland clusters, it is locally used as an endonym specific to the variety spoken in the upstream parts of Musi River.
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Words in Musi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | uraN* | |
| name | namo* | |
| eye | mato* | |
| ear | teliNo* | |
| tooth | gigi* | |
| tongue | lida* | |
| hand | taNan* | |
| blood | dara* | |
| bone | tulaN* | |
| skin | kulit* | |
| knee | lutut* | |
| breast | puan* | |
| liver | ati* | |
| water | ai7* | |
| fire | api* | |
| sun | matoari* | |
| star | bintaN* | |
| rain | ujan | |
| stone | batu* | |
| mountain | gunuN* | |
| tree | bataN* | |
| leaf | daun* | |
| night | malam* | |
| fish | ikan* | |
| louse | kutu* | |
| one | seko7* | |
| two | duo* | |
| I | aku* | |
| you | kau* | |
| we | kito* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Jambi MalayAustronesian82% alike
- MinangkabauAustronesian74% alike
- Central MalayAustronesian73% alike
- Berau MalayAustronesian73% alike
- Papuan MalayAustronesian72% alike
- IndonesianAustronesian71% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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