Tanahmerah
Tanahmerah is a language isolate spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Sumuri or Sumeri (one of two Papuan languages also known as Tanah Merah) is a language spoken in Sumuri District, Teluk Bintuni Regency on the Bomberai Peninsula by about a thousand people.
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Words in Tanahmerah
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | maopa* | |
| name | nigia* | |
| eye | kabita* | |
| ear | kivuni* | |
| nose | kiyaisi* | |
| tooth | kioni* | |
| hand | itaya* | |
| blood | kinatera* | |
| bone | naso* | |
| skin | katane* | |
| knee | kioginige* | |
| breast | kanoataso* | |
| water | moda* | |
| fire | avonabe* | |
| sun | weti* | |
| stone | kenade* | |
| mountain | figo* | |
| tree | taya* | |
| leaf | isi* | |
| night | muamini* | |
| dog | ibe* | |
| louse | ia* | |
| one | naduma* | |
| two | wanitabo* | |
| I | nafea* | |
| you | kafea* | |
| we | kiria* | |
| drink | tagora* | |
| see | kifanera* | |
| hear | nora* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- KabolaTimor-Alor-Pantar9% alike
- PingelapeseAustronesian9% alike
- AmoAtlantic-Congo8% alike
- Santiago del Estero QuichuaQuechuan8% alike
- Kacipo-BalesiSurmic8% alike
- ChalaAtlantic-Congo8% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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