West Damar language


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 qualitative evidence.
It is only spoken in the village of Batumerah, located on the north-western part of Damar.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary list:
West DamarIndonesianEnglish
odosayaI
edeengkauyou
ididiahe, she
ititokitawe
odomokamiwe
edmikamuyou
idiromerekathey
mehnosatuone
wyeruduatwo
wyettelitigathree
wyotoempatfour
wilimolimafive
wyenamoenamsix
wititujuhseven
waydelapaneight
wisisembilannine
uswutisepuluhten
ulkonakepalahead
limatanganhand
eyakakifoot

Sample Sentences

Ede mpondai? - Are you ill?
E’e, odo ulkonacheni nchepondo - Yes, I have a headache
Wohleyo Binayani idihe hulchupondeheti wohleyo Ahehendini - The mountain Binaya is the highest at the Seram island