Tiwa (India)
Tiwa (India) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Tiwa (Lalung) is a Tibeto-Burman (Sino-Tibetan) language spoken by the Tiwa people in Assam and Meghalaya in North East India. Tiwa language is similar to Boro, Dimasa, Kokborok and Garo language of India.
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Words in Tiwa (India)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mewa* | |
| name | muN* | |
| eye | mo* | |
| ear | khancur* | |
| nose | kuN* | |
| tooth | nakam* | |
| tongue | Sili* | |
| hand | ya* | |
| blood | thi* | |
| bone | kreN* | |
| skin | kur* | |
| breast | So* | |
| liver | kha* | |
| water | ti | |
| fire | hor* | |
| sun | sal* | |
| star | phontra* | |
| stone | orloN* | |
| tree | phaN* | |
| leaf | lay* | |
| night | hor* | |
| dog | khukri* | |
| fish | Na* | |
| bird | tu | |
| pig | oa | |
| louse | tho* | |
| one | sa* | |
| two | niN* | |
| I | aN* | |
| you | na* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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