West Damar
bahasa Damar Barat
West Damar is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, by about 800 people.
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West Damar, or North Damar, is an Austronesian language of Damar Island, one of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. In spite of rather low cognacy rates with its neighboring languages, it can be classified as part of the Babar languages based on shared innovations.
It is spoken in two villages (Batumerah, Kuai) located in the north-western part of Damar.
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Words in West Damar
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | deo* | |
| name | nono* | |
| eye | mota* | |
| ear | tlina* | |
| nose | suno* | |
| tooth | nino* | |
| tongue | lelEma* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | rowo* | |
| bone | ruso* | |
| skin | ulCo* | |
| breast | dutho* | |
| liver | rolmo* | |
| water | wiyo | |
| fire | oso* | |
| star | tono* | |
| rain | uhano | |
| stone | wotho* | |
| leaf | towo* | |
| night | mElmEla* | |
| dog | otho* | |
| fish | yE5o* | |
| louse | utho* | |
| one | mEno* | |
| two | viEru* | |
| I | odo* | |
| we | itito* | |
| drink | vimyo* | |
| see | vito* | |
| hear | wadano* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- East DamarAustronesian28% alike
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- SeruaAustronesian26% alike
- Leti (Indonesia)Austronesian25% alike
- Te'unAustronesian24% alike
- RomaAustronesian23% alike
Grammar
- KarnaiAustronesian88% alike
- Old KhmerAustroasiatic86% alike
- Baram KayanAustronesian86% alike
- Negeri Sembilan MalayAustronesian85% alike
- AdonaraAustronesian84% alike
- EmaeAustronesian84% 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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