Toraja-Sa'dan
bahasa Sa'dan
Toraja-Sa'dan is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, by about 500 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Toraja-Saʼdan (also Toraja, Saʼdan, South Toraja) is an Austronesian language spoken in South Sulawesi and West Sulawesi, Indonesia by the Toraja people. It shares the name Taeʼ with East Toraja. Most of the Toraja language mapping was done by Dutch missionaries working in Sulawesi, such as Nicolaus Adriani and Hendrik van der Veen.
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Words in Toraja-Sa'dan
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tau* | |
| name | saNa* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | taliNa* | |
| nose | illoN* | |
| tooth | isi* | |
| tongue | lila* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | rara* | |
| bone | buku* | |
| skin | balulaN* | |
| knee | guntuq* | |
| breast | dada* | |
| liver | ate* | |
| water | wai* | |
| fire | api* | |
| sun | allo* | |
| star | bintoen* | |
| stone | batu* | |
| mountain | tanete* | |
| leaf | daun* | |
| night | boNi* | |
| dog | asu* | |
| fish | bale* | |
| louse | kutu* | |
| one | misaq* | |
| two | dua* | |
| I | aku* | |
| you | iko* | |
| we | kita* |
* 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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