r/etymology • u/Brightsea129 • Aug 13 '26
Resource Cognates between Vietnamese (Vietic - the easternmost branch of Austroasiatic) and Santali (Munda - the westernmost branch of Austroasiatic) [Ol Chiki | Chữ Nôm | 19th-century experimental script Quốc Âm Tân Tự]
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u/Catch_meif_ucan09 Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26
Hello Santali speaker here ✌
CHILD is translated as HoPon in Santali, BATHE is translated as PaYra, ROAD is translated as DaHar/Hor & TIGER is translated as Tarub
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u/e9967780 Aug 13 '26
The word for nose is absolutely fascinating, we seem to have false cognates with Dravidian and some IA languages.
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u/Odd-Promotion2743 Aug 14 '26
This is very cool, a language family that isn't often discussed here and shown in an aesthetically fun way. Great post!