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Western Pantar

bahasa Lamma

Western Pantar is a Timor-Alor-Pantar language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Western Pantar · 8.5°S 124.1°E

Western Pantar, sometimes referred to by the name of one of its dialects, Lamma, is a Papuan language spoken in the western part of Pantar island in the Alor archipelago of Indonesia. Western Pantar is spoken widely in the region by about 10,000 speakers. Although speakers often use Malay in political, religious, and educational contexts, Western Pantar remains the first language of children of the region, and is acquired to some extent by immigrants.

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Words in Western Pantar

MeaningWordRomanization
womanmanne
personaname*
nameinu*
eyeiti*
earuwe*
nosema*
toothwasiN*
tonguelebu*
handtaN*
bloodwai*
boneke7e*
skinkilli*
kneeukaN*
breasthaN*
liverume*
waterhalia
firera*
sunwas*
startamariN*
mountainkuka*
treeyatu*
leafwaya*
nightirpata*
doglaulau*
fishhap*
oneanuku*
twoalaku*
InaN*
youhaN*
wepiN*

* 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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