Tehit
Tehit is a West Bird's Head language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Tehit is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea. Other spellings are Tahit, Tehid, and other names Kaibus, Teminabuan. The dialects are Fkar, Imyan, Mbol Fle, Saifi, Sawiat Salmeit, Sfa Riere, and Tehit Jit.
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Words in Tehit
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | na* | |
| name | qendi* | |
| eye | si* | |
| ear | defit* | |
| hand | ena* | |
| breast | syo* | |
| water | se | |
| fire | sala* | |
| sun | tali* | |
| stone | amaq* | |
| mountain | sfa* | |
| tree | wqoit* | |
| leaf | las* | |
| night | amukw* | |
| dog | mqan* | |
| fish | eren* | |
| louse | hain* | |
| one | mre* | |
| two | lak* | |
| I | tet* | |
| you | nen* | |
| we | faf* | |
| drink | aqo* | |
| see | sot* | |
| hear | oso* | |
| die | agi* | |
| come | ana* | |
| path | fan* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Moi (Indonesia)West Bird's Head22% alike
- FyamAtlantic-Congo13% alike
- UsarufaNuclear Trans New Guinea12% alike
- RempiNuclear Trans New Guinea10% alike
- Senthang ChinSino-Tibetan10% alike
- Komo (Democratic Republic of Congo)Atlantic-Congo10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · tehi1237 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kps