Sawila
bahasa Sawila
Sawila is a Timor-Alor-Pantar language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Sawila, or Tanglapui, is a Papuan language of the Alor archipelago. Dialects are Sawila proper, Lona, Salimana, Lalamana, Sileba. Sawila speakers refer to their language as Manata.
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Words in Sawila
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | aniN* | |
| name | gani* | |
| eye | ganiri* | |
| ear | wari* | |
| nose | gamiNi* | |
| tooth | gawa* | |
| tongue | galimpuru* | |
| blood | wi* | |
| bone | sara* | |
| skin | giyaka* | |
| knee | gatasuruku* | |
| breast | gami* | |
| liver | gidamara* | |
| water | iria* | |
| fire | ada* | |
| sun | wadi* | |
| star | lawala* | |
| stone | wara* | |
| mountain | potta* | |
| tree | mu* | |
| leaf | lakka* | |
| night | iduni* | |
| dog | katu* | |
| fish | api* | |
| louse | inaN* | |
| one | sundaN* | |
| two | yaku* | |
| drink | gane* | |
| see | gadea* | |
| hear | mayiN* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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