Nyahkur
Nyahkur is an Austroasiatic language spoken in Thailand, by about 1,500 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Nyah Kur language, also called Chao-bon (Thai: ชาวบน), is an Austroasiatic language spoken by remnants of the Mon people of Dvaravati, the Nyah Kur people, who live in present-day Thailand. Nyah Kur shares 69% lexical similarity with Mon, the only other language in the Monic language family.
From Wikipedia · Nyah Kur language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Nyahkur
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | m3nih* | |
| name | k3Thu* | |
| eye | mat* | |
| ear | k3tu3r* | |
| nose | hmoh* | |
| tooth | Ni3k* | |
| tongue | ntak* | |
| hand | tEy* | |
| blood | Thim* | |
| bone | Th3lut* | |
| skin | Th3nam* | |
| knee | k3boN* | |
| breast | toh* | |
| liver | khrih* | |
| water | dak* | |
| fire | k3mat* | |
| sun | hay* | |
| star | Th3me5* | |
| stone | hmo7* | |
| mountain | kur* | |
| tree | Thu7* | |
| leaf | hla7* | |
| night | p3tam* | |
| dog | Thur* | |
| fish | ka7* | |
| louse | Tay* | |
| one | muay* | |
| two | bar* | |
| I | oy* | |
| you | pheh* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- MonAustroasiatic46% alike
- Kriang-KhlorAustroasiatic27% alike
- LavenAustroasiatic26% alike
- Eastern KatuAustroasiatic24% alike
- Ong-IrAustroasiatic24% alike
- PhuongAustroasiatic24% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · nyah1250 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · cbn