Tela-Masbuar
Tela-Masbuar is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Telaʼa, or Tela-Masbuar (Masbuar-Tela) is an Austronesian language spoken in the two villages with those names on Babar Island in South Maluku, Indonesia.
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Words in Tela-Masbuar
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | otiye* | |
| name | nun* | |
| eye | muk* | |
| ear | keni* | |
| nose | ir* | |
| tooth | ni* | |
| tongue | nom* | |
| hand | it* | |
| blood | rE* | |
| bone | aru* | |
| skin | tubiE* | |
| breast | tut* | |
| liver | uk* | |
| water | veyei* | |
| fire | uye* | |
| star | kun* | |
| rain | omne | |
| stone | wake* | |
| leaf | nouk3* | |
| night | menme* | |
| dog | nutiE* | |
| fish | ine* | |
| louse | okE* | |
| one | metnu* | |
| two | woru* | |
| I | ui* | |
| we | ikir* | |
| drink | Emn3* | |
| see | kon* | |
| hear | ukain* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- ImroingAustronesian44% alike
- East MaselaAustronesian41% alike
- SeriliAustronesian33% alike
- Southeast BabarAustronesian31% alike
- EmplawasAustronesian28% alike
- Central MaselaAustronesian28% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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