Li Niha
Kinias
Austronesian
Nias (Li Niha, "language of Niha [the people]") is the principal Austronesian language of Nias Island, an offshore island in the Indian Ocean off the western coast of North Sumatra, Indonesia. The Nias people are famous for their megalithic stone-jumping warrior culture (hombo batu — leaping over stone columns), traditional Omo Hada dome-shaped chiefly houses, and the Nias festival of Faulokho. Linguistically, Nias has Sundic Austronesian features: voice/focus alternations, classifier-like noun particles, and a rich pronoun system. Two main dialect groups exist: Northern Nias (Niha Bawöra) and Southern Nias (Niha Maenamölö), with Brown's 2001 grammar focused on Southern.
Inakozungumzwa
Maneno 20 ya msingi katika Kinias
Maji
idanö
/idanø/
Moto
galu
/ɡalu/
Jua
luo
/luo/
Mwezi
mboro
/mboɾo/
Mama
inada
/inada/
Baba
amada
/amada/
Kula
manga
/maŋa/
Kunywa
banua
/banua/
Upendo
fauma
/fauma/
Moyo
tödö
/tødø/
Mti
eu
/eu/
Nyumba
omo
/omo/
Mbwa
asu
/asu/
Paka
mao
/mao/
Mkono
tanga
/taŋa/
Jicho
hörö
/høɾø/
Habari
ya'ahowu
/jaʔahowu/
Asante
saohagölö
/saohaɡølø/
Moja
sara
/saɾa/
Nzuri
sökhi
/søkʰi/
Vyanzo
Ulinganishaji wa maneno
Imelinganishwa na lugha za Austronesian zinazohusiana
| Maana | Kinias | Kibatak cha Angkola | Gayo | Mandar | Kijava cha kale (Kawi) | Kijava | Kibatak Toba |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maji | idanö /idanø/ | aek /aek/ | weih /weih/ | uai /uai/ | ꦮꦫꦶꦃ /warih/ | banyu /banju/ | aek /aek/ |
| Moto | galu /ɡalu/ | api /api/ | rara /ɾaɾa/ | api /api/ | ꦄꦒ꧀ꦤꦶ /aɡni/ | geni /ɡəni/ | api /api/ |
| Jua | luo /luo/ | ari /ari/ | matacana /matatʃana/ | mata allo /mata alːo/ | ꦱꦸꦂꦪ /suɾja/ | srengéngé /srəŋeŋe/ | mata ni ari /mata ni ari/ |
| Mwezi | mboro /mboɾo/ | bulan /bulan/ | lao /lao/ | bulang /bulaŋ/ | ꦕꦤ꧀ꦢꦿ /tʃandra/ | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ |
| Mama | inada /inada/ | inang /inaŋ/ | ine /ine/ | indo /indo/ | ꦆꦧꦸ /ibu/ | ibu /ibu/ | ina /ina/ |
| Baba | amada /amada/ | amang /amaŋ/ | ama /ama/ | ama /ama/ | ꦫꦩ /rama/ | bapak /bapak/ | ama /ama/ |
| Kula | manga /maŋa/ | mangan /maŋan/ | mangan /maŋan/ | ma'ande /maʔande/ | ꦄꦩꦔꦤ꧀ /amaŋan/ | mangan /maŋan/ | mangan /maŋan/ |
| Kunywa | banua /banua/ | minum /minum/ | minum /minum/ | minung /minuŋ/ | ꦄꦩꦶꦤꦸꦩ꧀ /aminum/ | ngombe /ŋombe/ | minum /minum/ |
| Upendo | fauma /fauma/ | holong /holoŋ/ | kunyung /kuɲuŋ/ | mappinawa /mapːinawa/ | ꦱꦶꦃ /sih/ | tresna /trɛsna/ | holong /holoŋ/ |
| Moyo | tödö /tødø/ | roha /roha/ | ate /ate/ | ate /ate/ | ꦲꦠꦶ /hati/ | ati /ati/ | roha /roha/ |
| Mti | eu /eu/ | hayu /haju/ | kayu /kaju/ | kaju /kaju/ | ꦏꦪꦸ /kaju/ | wit /wit/ | hau /hau/ |
| Nyumba | omo /omo/ | bagas /baɡas/ | umah /umah/ | boyang /bojaŋ/ | ꦈꦩꦃ /umah/ | omah /omah/ | jabu /dʒabu/ |
| Mbwa | asu /asu/ | asu /asu/ | asu /asu/ | asu /asu/ | ꦄꦱꦸ /asu/ | asu /asu/ | biang /biaŋ/ |
| Paka | mao /mao/ | huting /hutiŋ/ | kucing /kutʃiŋ/ | mio /mio/ | ꦩꦺꦴꦁ /moŋ/ | kucing /kutʃiŋ/ | huting /hutiŋ/ |
| Mkono | tanga /taŋa/ | tangan /taŋan/ | pumu /pumu/ | lima /lima/ | ꦠꦔꦤ꧀ /taŋan/ | tangan /taŋan/ | tangan /taŋan/ |
| Jicho | hörö /høɾø/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | ꦩꦠ /mata/ | mripat /mripat/ | mata /mata/ |
| Habari | ya'ahowu /jaʔahowu/ | horas /horas/ | salam /salam/ | salama' ma'ondong /salamaʔ maʔondoŋ/ | ꦫꦲꦪꦸ /rahaju/ | halo /halo/ | horas /horas/ |
| Asante | saohagölö /saohaɡølø/ | mauliate /mauliate/ | matur sangat /matuɾ saŋat/ | kuru' sumanga' /kuɾuʔ sumaŋaʔ/ | ꦤꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ /nuwun/ | matur nuwun /matur nuwun/ | mauliate /mauliate/ |
| Moja | sara /saɾa/ | sada /sada/ | sara /saɾa/ | mesa /mesa/ | ꦌꦏ /eka/ | siji /sidʒi/ | sada /sada/ |
| Nzuri | sökhi /søkʰi/ | denggan /deŋːan/ | jeroh /dʒeɾoh/ | macoa /matʃoa/ | ꦲꦪꦸ /haju/ | apik /apik/ | denggan /deŋɡan/ |
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