Woisika is member of the West Bomberai branch of the Trans-New Guinea language family. It is spoken by about 6,000 people on Alor Island, the largest island in the Alor Archipelago in the Alor Regency of East Nusa Tenggara Province in southern Indonesia. In particular, it is spoken in the villages of Lembur Timur, Apui, Sidabui, Silaipui, Langkuru, Pido, Taramana, Kamot and Woisika.
Woisika is also known as Kamang. It can be written with the Latin alphabet using a spelling system based on Indonesian. Dialects include Western Kamang, Lowland Kamang, Upland Kamang, Lembur, Sibo, Kamang, Tiayai, Watang and Kamana-Kamang.
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Minok nepa ga yaa Laamaling sak abah. Sak abahdii yaa itunsibo yeiyaa. Yaa wattanda miisingsuhbo geiyaa. Yeiyaa Laamanaa wooi yeyaang se wuleh silang. Se silang Baugel. Ga se Baugeldahak, wee yaama. Watu ai silama.
Once my father went to Lamaling to weed his garden. He worked all day and when evening came he returned home. It was already eight o'clock before he went home. He returned through Lamana and he took the steep descent to Baugel. When he came to Baugel there was a flood because there had been a heavy rain in the afternoon.
Source: Woisika II Phonemics by W.A.L. Stokhof.
Information about Woisika
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woisika_language
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/woi
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/kama1365
http://www.language-archives.org/language/woi
Amele, Awara, Barai, Beami, Bimin, Binumarien, Blagar, Borong, Burum, Dadibi, Daga, Faiwol, Guhu-Samane, Hamtai, Huli, Kalamang, Kanasi, Ketengban, Klon, Komba, Meriam Mir, Ngaing, Nobonob, Sawila, Suabo, Tairoa, Teiwa, Wantoat, Waris, Waskia, Woisika, Yali, Yipma, Yonggom
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created 04.02.26. Last modified: 04.02.26
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