Northern Tidung
Northern Tidung is an Austronesian language spoken in Malaysia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Sesayap Tidong or Northern Tidung is one of several Sabahan languages of Sabah, Malaysia, spoken by the Tidong people. It retains the system of Austronesian alignment that has been lost by Southern Tidung in Kalimantan, Indonesia.
From Wikipedia · Sesayap Tidung · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Northern Tidung
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | l3bu* | |
| name | Naran* | |
| eye | mat3* | |
| ear | t3liN3* | |
| nose | 3nduN* | |
| tooth | nip3n* | |
| tongue | dila7* | |
| hand | l3N3n* | |
| blood | ra7* | |
| bone | tulaN* | |
| skin | kulit* | |
| knee | at3b* | |
| breast | titi7* | |
| liver | at3i* | |
| water | suN3y* | |
| fire | apuy* | |
| sun | mat3nurunat* | |
| star | k3r3mbitu3n* | |
| rain | dasam | |
| stone | watu* | |
| mountain | bulud* | |
| tree | punnukaiu* | |
| leaf | r3un* | |
| night | awi* | |
| dog | asu* | |
| fish | pait* | |
| louse | kutu* | |
| one | id3* | |
| two | du3* | |
| I | aku* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- TombonuoAustronesian92% alike
- Upper KinabatanganAustronesian68% alike
- DumpasAustronesian66% alike
- Lanas LobuAustronesian61% alike
- Tampias LobuAustronesian58% alike
- KuijauAustronesian55% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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