Temuan
Temuan is an Austronesian language spoken in Malaysia, by about 28 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Temuan language (Temuan: Benua, Bual Uwang Hutarn, bual Mutan, Niap, Bahasak Temuan, Malay: Bahasa Temuan) is a Malayic language (part of the Austronesian language family) spoken by the Temuan people, one of the Orang Asli or indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia which can be found in the states of Selangor, Pahang, Johor, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan. Temuan is a separate language but has a degree of mutual intelligibility with the Malay language. It is written in a Latin alphabet, but no standard orthography has been made.
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Words in Temuan
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | nama* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | teliNa* | |
| nose | hiduN* | |
| tooth | gigi* | |
| tongue | lidah* | |
| hand | taNan* | |
| blood | dara* | |
| bone | tulang* | |
| skin | kulit* | |
| knee | lutut* | |
| breast | teteh* | |
| liver | hati* | |
| water | ayi* | |
| fire | api* | |
| sun | matahai* | |
| star | bentan* | |
| stone | batu* | |
| mountain | gunoN* | |
| tree | kayu* | |
| leaf | daun* | |
| night | gelap* | |
| dog | anjin* | |
| fish | ikan* | |
| one | satu* | |
| two | dua* | |
| I | aku* | |
| you | ajih* | |
| we | kita* | |
| see | nampak* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- MalayAustronesian69% alike
- Central MalayAustronesian66% alike
- Baba MalayAustronesian63% alike
- Bacanese MalayAustronesian63% alike
- Kupang MalayAustronesian61% alike
- IndonesianAustronesian61% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · temu1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · tmw