Tambora
Tambora was a language isolate once spoken in Indonesia.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Tambora was the language of the Tambora culture of Sumbawa, which was made extinct by the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora. It was the westernmost known Papuan language and was relatively unusual among such languages in being the language of a maritime trading state, though contemporary Papuan trading states were also found off Halmahera in Ternate and Tidore.
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Words in Tambora
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | doh* | |
| eye | ore* | |
| nose | kome* | |
| tooth | sontoN* | |
| hand | taintu* | |
| blood | kiro* | |
| water | naino | |
| fire | maiNaiN* | |
| sun | iNkoN* | |
| star | kiNkoN* | |
| stone | ilah* | |
| night | taduN* | |
| fish | karayi* | |
| one | sena* | |
| two | kalae* | |
| die | silam* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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