Serui-Laut
Serui-Laut is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Serui-Laut, or Arui, is an Austronesian language spoken on Serui Island of the Ambai Islands, in Western New Guinea, Indonesia.
Serui Island is located in Cenderawasih Bay of Papua Province.
It is one of the Yapen languages, in the South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages group.
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Words in Serui-Laut
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | man* | |
| name | anoN* | |
| eye | re* | |
| ear | tara* | |
| nose | ompe* | |
| tooth | doreN* | |
| tongue | tapare* | |
| hand | wara* | |
| blood | ria* | |
| bone | ina* | |
| skin | rerawa* | |
| knee | bua* | |
| breast | su* | |
| liver | anteni* | |
| water | marea | |
| fire | adia* | |
| sun | wo* | |
| star | awa* | |
| stone | kami* | |
| mountain | wi* | |
| tree | aiferab* | |
| leaf | rerau* | |
| dog | unap* | |
| fish | dian* | |
| louse | itu* | |
| one | iri* | |
| two | ru* | |
| I | yau* | |
| you | awawa* | |
| we | tata* |
* 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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