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Raga (Hano) language


Introduction · Alphabet · Word list

This is merely a draft list of key words; it is not a comprehensive dictionary. If you come across any errors, or any key words that you think deserve to be included, please contact me.

a b bw d e g h i k l m mw n ng ngg o r s t u v vw w

Names shown here ending in -i or -na change their endings depending on whom they belong to: limanggu "my hand", limamwa "your hand", limana "his/her hand", etc.

For technical reasons, the sounds commonly written as n-macron and n-macron are shown here as ng and ngg, respectively.

In the present tense, the initial consonant of a verb may change (v to b, vw to bw, g to ngg, and t to d): nan vano "I went", nam bano "I go".

In addition to this list, a basic comparative word list can be found in the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database.

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