Tinà Sambal
Tinà Sambal is an Austronesian language spoken in Philippines, by about 70 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Sambal is a Sambalic language spoken primarily in the Zambal municipalities of Santa Cruz, Candelaria, Masinloc, Palauig, and Iba, in the Pangasinense municipality of Infanta, and areas of Pampanga in the boundary with Zambales in the Philippines; speakers can also be found in Panitian, Quezon, Palawan and Barangay Mandaragat or Buncag of Puerto Princesa. The speakers of the language are decreasing due to the fact that many of the speakers are shifting to Tagalog and Ilocano.
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Words in Tinà Sambal
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | mata | |
| ear | totolyan* | |
| nose | aloN* | |
| tooth | nipen* | |
| tongue | dila* | |
| hand | gamet* | |
| water | lánum | |
| fire | apoy* | |
| sun | aulo* | |
| star | bituun* | |
| stone | bato* | |
| mountain | bakil* | |
| tree | kayo* | |
| night | yabi* | |
| dog | aso* | |
| horse | kabayo | |
| one | asa* | |
| two | lua* | |
| I | siko* | |
| you | kayo* | |
| we | hitamo* | |
| drink | minom* | |
| banana | batag |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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