Suwawa
Suwawa is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Suwawa is a Philippine language spoken in North Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia.
It is also known as Bonda, Bone, Bunda, Bune, Suvava, and Toewawa. It is spoken by the Suwawa people. The language mostly spoken in Suwawa District, Regency of Bone Bolango.
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Words in Suwawa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | momata* | |
| name | daito* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | buNola* | |
| nose | Nutu* | |
| tooth | Nipo* | |
| tongue | dila* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | dugu* | |
| bone | tula* | |
| skin | alipo* | |
| knee | duludu* | |
| breast | dudubo* | |
| liver | podilato* | |
| water | talugo | |
| fire | luto* | |
| sun | tiNga* | |
| star | poliama* | |
| rain | wuha | |
| stone | batu* | |
| mountain | buido* | |
| tree | wubugia* | |
| leaf | dou* | |
| night | gubi* | |
| dog | wuNgu* | |
| fish | t3a* | |
| louse | utu* | |
| one | tomita* | |
| two | d3wua* | |
| I | watea* |
* 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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