South Barisan Malay
South Barisan Malay is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia.
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South Barisan Malay, also called Central Malay or Middle Malay, is a collection of closely related Malayic isolects spoken in the southwestern part of Sumatra. None of them has more than one million speakers.
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Words in South Barisan Malay
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | j3m3* | |
| name | nam3* | |
| eye | mat3* | |
| ear | CupiN* | |
| nose | iduN* | |
| tooth | gigi* | |
| tongue | lidah* | |
| hand | taNan* | |
| blood | daxah* | |
| bone | tulaN* | |
| skin | kulit* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | ati* | |
| water | ayax* | |
| fire | api* | |
| star | bintaN* | |
| rain | ujan | |
| stone | batu* | |
| leaf | daun* | |
| night | malam* | |
| dog | anjiN* | |
| fish | ikan* | |
| louse | kutu* | |
| one | sijat* | |
| two | du3* | |
| I | aku* | |
| you | Nan* | |
| we | kit3* | |
| drink | minum* | |
| see | Nina7* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- KaurAustronesian71% alike
- Jambi MalayAustronesian68% alike
- RemunAustronesian68% alike
- MusiAustronesian67% alike
- Central MalayAustronesian66% alike
- Banda MalayAustronesian63% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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