Selayar
Selayar is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia.
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Selayar (Basa Silajara) or Selayarese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by approximately 130,000 people of the Selayar people on the Selayar Islands in the province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. This language is egalitarian in its use, there are no levels of language, either rough or weak.
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Words in Selayar
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tau* | |
| name | areN* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | toli* | |
| nose | kamuru* | |
| tooth | gigi* | |
| tongue | lila* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | rara* | |
| bone | buku* | |
| skin | balulaN* | |
| knee | kalantu7* | |
| breast | barambaN* | |
| water | Tene7* | |
| fire | pepe* | |
| sun | mataalo* | |
| star | bintoeN* | |
| rain | bosi | |
| stone | batu* | |
| mountain | bulu7* | |
| tree | po7oNkaTu* | |
| leaf | taha* | |
| night | baNi* | |
| dog | asu* | |
| fish | Tuku* | |
| louse | kutu* | |
| one | sere* | |
| two | rua* | |
| I | nake* | |
| you | kau* |
* 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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