The Sound of the Nias language (Numbers, Greetings, Words & Sample Text)

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Nias (Li Niha)
Native to: Indonesia
Region: Nias and Batu Islands, North Sumatra
Ethnicity: Nias people
Native speakers: 770,000 (2000 census)
Language family: Austronesian
The Nias language is an Austronesian language spoken on Nias Island and the Batu Islands off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. It is known as Li Niha by its native speakers. It belongs to the Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands subgroup which also includes Mentawai and the Batak languages. It had about 770,000 speakers in 2000. There are three main dialects: northern, central and southern. It is an open-syllable language, which means there are no syllable-final consonants.
Nias is typically considered to have three dialects.
Northern dialect: particularly the Gunungsitoli variety, Alasa and Lahewa area.
South dialect: South Nias, Gomo Area, Telukdalam Area and Batu Islands.
Central dialect: West Nias, particularly in Sirombu and Mandrehe areas.
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[@rani-pi9kv]

Huruf W dibaca V, mirip bahasa di daerah Polinesia banget. Emang rumpun Austronesia luar biasa cakupannya 💖 keren bahasa Nias!

[@reeeeeee4831]

lol you know what language family it is when you see the word for 5.

[@ganes1612]

yes, i am indonesian

[@mattangelodolorzo8761]

true 😆😂

[@yes_no____________________5883]

and two

[@ashjohann]

I see some parallels with Malagasy! Fascinating Austronesian language.

[@IErfanCN]

Ya'ahowu! Nias person here.. Thx for making this vid bro 👍

[@tigranmamyan9897]

lima gang is back !

[@6i6itjeruk]

the only languages in the Austronesian language family along side Unua and Titan (Manus) which has voiced bilabial trill

[@vianized5248]

people trying to guess a foreign language : "Count one to ten." me : "How do you say Five ?"

[@Εύροκλύδων]

Ilovelanguages what is you native language? What is your favorite language? I appreciate the work that you do and I hope that this channel gets more attention.

[@JcDizon]

Her native language is Tagalog. Her Tagalog pronounciation in her videos is perfect and I think she mentioned that it is indeed her first language in the comment section in one of her videos.

[@sanctuaryaddict]

beda banget dengan Bahasa Indonesia, Bayangin mau travel ke sana terus ketemu yg ngga bisa bahasa Indonesia auto mangap

[@erillijo1379]

Nias is in North Sumatra, Indonesia

[@omggiiirl2077]

Wow i can see the similarities to Samoan! Some of the words are very close. I notice in Sāmoan there are t's in certain places where there's none in nias language.

[@stellalebay767]

Finally Li Niha. Every Nias friends of mine claimed that Niha is Alien Language, not related to any language in Indonesia😀😀

[@ralphlawrenceotaramelana4425]

The numbers are like related from the Visayan/Cebuano dialect.

[@irhashshalihin3741]

sure genetically they're related. But Nias people had been so long isolated from other population. Even they do not know if there are people outside their island until European colonial anchored on their island.

[@JcDizon]

Not Indonesian so I can't judge but there is a language called Enggano, close to where Nias is spoken that is even more unique since some linguists aren't even sure if it's an Austronesian or not

[@user-hnjga8is1zr6u]

It's still damn austronesian and even is still closely related to batak languages Just losing final consonant and having z doesn't make you that separated thooo

[@stellalebay767]

@@irhashshalihin3741 Yeah, that's a thing. I have so many Nias Friends that literally were born and raised in Pulau Nias. They are very proud of their distinct-sounding language. One, cause they are separated from Sumatra Island geographically, and two because they are mostly compairing Nias Language only with Batak Language.

[@philosophyofreality1739]

Please make a video about Sinhala language. If you can, I can assist you

[@ilovelanguages0124]

Please help me with it! Here are the things we need from you: Text and Audio for the following: The native name of the language/ dialect Numbers 1 to 10 Greetings & Phrases Vocabulary Any story / Sample text Images for: Flag & Emblem Traditional Costumes Art/ Patterns Suggestion for Background music :D Kindly send it to my email [e-mail] Looking forward! :D

[@Xdalz27]

1:42 ora ono = don't have in Javanese 🤣

[@karonesechannel2599]

this is the hardest language in North Sumatra I think, coz the language is very far from Toba or Karo language

[@bempire26]

Great job! Love from a niassan

[@jacksonlplase2957]

Ono Niha hogomo..., haya khou niassan...?

[@arcane_whim]

I understand Batak (all except Pakpak) and Nias sounds like Old Batak + Malay with deleted and added characters in each word. Sounds familiar, but still doesn't understand it.

[@gunnarthegumbootguy7909]

What is the difference between the two different varieties of some of the nouns? Is it pluralization or case or just another acceptable variant of the noun that can be used interchangably? I mean they have dog - asu->nasu, foot - ahe->gahe

[@ranogori]

The second is the mutated form of the nouns. (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nias_language#Noun_case_marking_(mutation))

[@arivanuaranu]

@@ranogori hey sorry to cut in on you, but can I ask you something? Kadang huruf "w" terdengar seperti "w" dalam Bahasa Indonesia, tapi kadang terdengar seperti "v" (bukan "f"). Apa ini memang dua bunyi yang berbeda atau perbedaannya terjadi secara tidak sadar, seperti "l" dan "r" dalam Bahasa Jepang? Terima kasih sebelumnya!

[@ranogori]

@@arivanuaranumemang berbeda. W dibunyikan mirip v sementara w̃ seperti bunyi w di b. Indonesia.

[@pnkcnlng228]

Beautiful language

[@ANTSEMUT1]

Lima Gang XD.

[@slayer_starswirl]

interesting, the "dua" for two made me think it was Into-European and then I saw I saw "lima" and realized it was Austronesian

[@mr.osamabingaming2633]

It could be Spanish influence

[@nursyafizah5981]

@@mr.osamabingaming2633 no, its just a coincidence. The "duwoh" in Bidayuh language are similar with Proto Indo-European.

[@mjpMALIK]

@@mr.osamabingaming2633 Spanish never reach nias lol,

[@theholywater]

The word for number four in this language sounds a lot like a Samoan swear word I know 😂

[@ANTSEMUT1]

It is in the same language family.

[@vietnamesetiengviet]

Love pics of your videos!

[@maximustitus8898]

Cool Language. Can you make the Santali Language Next. Please with the Santali Script. ❤❤❤

[@ilovelanguages0124]

I need a volunteer.

[@maximustitus8898]

@@ilovelanguages0124 okay

[@heoariffpolen1644]

@@ilovelanguages0124 I'd already sent my dialect to you🙏🙏

[@knowledgedesk1653]

Are you from India?

[@dunkirk8lp49]

similar to malagasy hehe

[@jovancabusas1488]

Sounds Indonesian mix with Polynesian language

[@ultron90]

This sounds like Vietnamese+Malay+Tagalog+Hawaiian

[@radityagatotkaca3480]

sesedap je nk petik bhasa melayu...jauh beza wei ngan bhasa melayu

[@motorola9956]

@@radityagatotkaca3480 Well, the cradle of Austronesian maritime traditions arose from the part of the world which this language is spoken. Im sorry to tell you this, but before malacca took place as the new identity of modern islamic malays, there was this ancient malay kingdom where tanjak/tengkolok originated and the lands of malay kings which then began to adopt the kris dagger from the court of old java, and that is called Palembang & Malayapura. Don't be half assed to your history because i know you & your family still enjoys sambal on your nasik lemak, rendang beside a bed of warm rice and lemang for hari raya. And nafiri with the serunai that was played during the traditional malay wedding ceremony that believes in adat temenggong or adat perpatih especially for the Minang descent of N9. (Don't forget that the malay peninsula is the "bumi bertuah" of the nusantara even though its not categorized as archipelago,(duh..) but still that attracts so many people to come to have a better place to settle & to do business, so regarding if you're malay or not, you will most likely to have mixed austronesian blood like the Banjarese, Minang, Bugis, Javanese, etc..) Nooit verloren, je Daag ✌🇮🇩❤🇲🇾

[@meidrikousamabinladen1669]

Ok, finally i can speak Nias Dog : AASSUU !!!

[@murliaditv65]

It's Great I like this content verigood my friends 👍👍👍

[@orang-tidak-boleh-disebutk5813]

Ya'ahowu Gunungsitoli dsk!

[@pamungkaskusuma703]

Kenapa orang tidak boleh disebutkan namanya??

[@Derzkiy_Paulo]

Which one of the lima languages is the most beautiful?

[@AhmadAdha]

All languages of the lima gang are beautfiul 😁

[@raquelc7517]

I think Malagasy is the most beautiful!

[@nurnur-qo5sx]

Eastern indonesian, especially in NTT and makassares language I think.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

@@raquelc7517 same.

[@promaja2]

4:30 song name, please?

[@HBC101TVStudios]

Similar to Maori and Chamorro

[@ANTSEMUT1]

It is in the same language family so similarly are to be expected, but to what extent are we talking here.

[@krayagi_eddwinaofficial2004]

I don't know why but the numbers in this language are similar to the Batak language.

[@saisaipech]

its orthography looks like chamorro

[@uts4448]

I agree. And it sounds like Chamorro without the Spanish influence.

[@PozieNayan]

Austronesian flag: [ =5= ]

[@nursyafizah5981]

The ö is similar in Biatah language

[@Akainu_D._Ace]

😘 ❤️ INDONESIA 🇮🇩.

[@svy3oni]

I love you your vids

[@wolfthunder2526]

What is that transformation for btw? Plural forms?

[@ranogori]

No, it is case marking of nouns. (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nias_language#Noun_case_marking_(mutation))

[@raniiw154]

If I didn't read the title I would've guessed this language as Hawaiian

[@slayer_starswirl]

nah this is very different from Hawaii, especially the ö, d, t, and f sounds

[@Willybean08]

As a Hawaiian speaker this sounds like it's Urdu 😂 Nothing like Hawaiian to me.

[@JcDizon]

Yeah it kinda sounds Polynesian because of all the F's and and how some words sounds like

[@abcdasdfgh7248]

@@Willybean08 wTh urdu. lol. Nope

[@ABCDE-y4t]

LIMA

[@inawamari6515]

Language with ö? It’s rare in the whole world.

[@k.umquat8604]

Rare? Definitely not. My language has ö and it's spoken by about 100 million people.

[@alvindwisasmara2607]

German has ö too

[@ardi08]

It's used in German as well, I wonder they influenced by Germsn missionaries?

[@arvantsaraihan5777]

@@ardi08 the sound itself is native to the Nias language, the umlaut is used to represent that sound when it's written in Latin script.

[@homescreenideas7286]

Are u can say sisingamangaraja

[@thephantomofyoutube7346]

I love being first

[@jorgitoislamico4224]

Wow I thought that by that "dua" this language was Indi European lol

[@thekungfuguy4678]

Lima gang

[@pringwulungkidul9576]

1

[@sophiecutie4650]

Lima team 💅💅💅

[@maximustitus8898]

First

[@rooman3586]

first

[@rubakhusi7478]

It sounds like Indonesian

[@erillijo1379]

It's from Indonesia.. north Sumatra