Selaru
Selaru is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, by about 1,823 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Selaru is an Austronesian language of Selaru and Yamdena, in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. Linguistically it is not close to Seluwasan, its nearest relative.
From Wikipedia · Selaru language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Selaru
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | an* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | tlia* | |
| nose | nura* | |
| tooth | nisi* | |
| tongue | ma* | |
| hand | sima* | |
| blood | lara* | |
| bone | luri* | |
| skin | iblu* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | kati* | |
| water | wer | |
| fire | ai* | |
| star | ftun* | |
| rain | us | |
| stone | hat* | |
| leaf | tahi* | |
| night | metyet* | |
| dog | as* | |
| fish | mas* | |
| louse | ut* | |
| one | sasam* | |
| two | ru* | |
| I | yau* | |
| you | oa* | |
| we | it* | |
| drink | i* | |
| see | seak* | |
| hear | tomolu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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