Perai

Facts

Language: Perai
Alternate names: Tutunohan
Language code: wet
Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Timoric A, Northern Timoric A, Wetar, Perai-Tugun-Aputai, Perai-Aputai
Number of speakers: 280
Script: Category

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Introduction

Perai is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Southwestern Maluku Province, Wetar island northeast coast, north of Timor, Uhak and Moning villages.

Dialects

Moning, Uhak. Lexical similarity: 93% among dialects, 79% with Aputai (See: Aputai), 76% with Tugun (See: Tugun), 67% with Ili’uun (See: Ili’uun?), 51% with Galolen (See: Galolen?).

The Perai Verb

Verblist

'akak -- to walk
'eʤa -- to kill
'gaga -- to bite
'gata -- to scratch
'kihi, 'nagua -- to see
'liu -- to hear
'ma -- to come
'mali -- to laugh
'mete -- to die, be dead
'minu -- to drink
'mosu -- to fall
'mua -- to eat
'muta -- to vomit
na'ge -- to cry
'nami -- to dream
'nani -- to swim
pika'pre -- to spit
'piri -- to stand
'pu -- to sleep
'sɛrɛk -- to know, be knowledgeable
'sopan -- to fly
'tu -- to sit