Sahu
Sahu is a North Halmahera language spoken in Indonesia, by about 3,500 people.
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Sahu (Sa’u, Sahu’u, Sau) is a North Halmahera language. Use is vigorous; dialects are Pa’disua (Palisua), Tala’i, Waioli, and Gamkonora. A fifth dialect, Ibu, used to be spoken near the mouth of the Ibu River. Ethnologue considers Waioli and Gamkonora to be separate languages.
Sahu has many Ternate loanwords, a historical legacy of the dominance of the Ternate Sultanate in the Moluccas.
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Words in Sahu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Nowa7a* | |
| name | lomaNa* | |
| eye | la7o* | |
| ear | Nau7u* | |
| nose | NunuNu* | |
| tooth | Nidi* | |
| tongue | yai7i* | |
| hand | giama* | |
| blood | Naunu* | |
| bone | oboNo* | |
| skin | eno7o* | |
| knee | bolono* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | katere* | |
| water | ḇanyo | |
| fire | u7u* | |
| sun | waNere* | |
| star | muduNu* | |
| stone | madi* | |
| mountain | kie* | |
| tree | ate* | |
| leaf | so7a* | |
| night | lobi7i* | |
| dog | nunu7u* | |
| fish | 5ao* | |
| louse | gane* | |
| one | moi* | |
| two | didi* | |
| I | Noi* | |
| you | Ngana* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · sahu1245 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · saj