Sentani
Sentani is a Sentanic language spoken in Indonesia.
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Sentani or Buyaka is a Papuan language of Papua. It is spoken in about 30 scattered villages around Lake Sentani. Dialects are East, West, and Central (Ethnologue).
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Words in Sentani
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | do* | |
| name | do* | |
| eye | idoko* | |
| ear | ankEy* | |
| nose | yoy* | |
| tongue | few* | |
| hand | me* | |
| blood | oki* | |
| bone | bo* | |
| skin | wa* | |
| knee | odoh3l3* | |
| breast | nim3* | |
| water | bu | |
| fire | i* | |
| sun | hu* | |
| star | dalo* | |
| stone | duka* | |
| mountain | homunka* | |
| tree | no* | |
| leaf | fE* | |
| night | deniyay* | |
| dog | yoku* | |
| fish | ka* | |
| louse | mi* | |
| one | 3mbay* | |
| two | be* | |
| I | d3yE* | |
| you | w3yE* | |
| we | eyE* | |
| drink | anhi* |
* 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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