Haloban language
| Haloban | |
|---|---|
.png) The cover book titled Kamus Bahasa Haloban (lit. 'Haloban Language Dictionary'), published in 2016. | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Aceh (Banyak Islands) |
| Ethnicity | Haloban |
Native speakers | 1,800[1][2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
Haloban language is an Austronesian language or dialect of Simeulue language spoken by Haloban people, which is located in Banyak Islands, Aceh Singkil Regency, in the province of Aceh, Indonesia. From the 7 villages on Banyak Islands, this language is found in the villages of Haloban and Asantola.
Morphology
[edit]The Haloban language is morphologically of the agglutinative type. This is characterized by the use of affixes such as [ma-], [me-], [um-], [ba-], [basi-], [ni-], [ta-], [pa-], [sa-], and [an-]; infixes [-em-] and [-er-]; suffixes [-an], [-ken], [-ne], [-o], [-mo], and [-i]; confixes [sa-ne], [ma-ken], [par-an], and [ni-i] which play an important role in the formation say, both the role of the basic forms of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and numerals.[3]
Basic structure of language clauses Haloban consists of intransitive and transitive verbal clauses. Typology of word order commonly used in Haloban language clauses are S-V-(KET)/ V-(PRO)-(KET) for intransitive verbal clauses and S-V-O/V-(PRO)-O for verbal clauses transitive or in certain circumstances the sequence O-S-V is also acceptable.[3]
Vocabulary
[edit]The following is a vocabulary comparison between the languages of Haloban and Simeulue, which are their closest relatives, and are considered to be of the same descent.[4]
| Gloss | Haloban | Simeulue |
|---|---|---|
| Times vocabulary | ||
| yesterday | sualal | ancifalal, inansifalal |
| tomorrow | rem'man | deman |
| after tomorrow | ro'wongi | dofongi |
| morning | sulawik | helafe |
| evening | walal | falal |
| afternoon | tlu'walal | telefalal |
| evening | w'ngi | bengi |
| earlier | sunan | nanciyuk |
| later | siuk | sinu |
| now | suma'ar | duma'ar |
| Interrogatives vocabulary | ||
| what | araya | araya |
| who | anea | itaya |
| why | anan | anade |
| where | uma'e | uma'e |
| when | anegkan | engkeneng |
| how | ebek | eben |
| how many | owel | orone |
| Adjectives vocabulary | ||
| make | are'en | ade'en |
| embarrassed | e'we | aefe |
| angry | mahangek | afala |
| smelly | aworok | aforok |
| stuck | tasangkut | labeit |
| hungry | malahal | lahal |
| let go | l'pat | lepaik |
| pregnant | abeto | afeselan |
| Pronouns vocabulary | ||
| me | de'o | ede |
| you | di'o | diame |
| he | ise | e'ise |
| they | diame | e'sira |
| we | i'ta | e'ita |
| Adverbials vocabulary | ||
| who knows | wait | haik |
| until | sampe | lentok |
| that | eda | aede |
| none | waon he | akduon |
| there | merui | aro'i |
| Verbs vocabulary | ||
| hit | hanyak, lacut | hantam |
| fight | hiro'k | harouk |
| come | w'sang | obesang |
| are doing | khasa | abeteng |
| call | ongan | angan |
| turn off | mate'ken | atayan |
| sleep | me'rek | mare |
| drink | manginom | mainom |
| look for | khawali | mahawal |
| beat up | n'took | mahobel |
| cook | ancak | mancak |
| do | mare'en | mangade'en |
| Nouns vocabulary | ||
| foot | kha'ew | hae |
| hand | khawo'k | haok |
| cotton | khapat | hapaik |
| money | kepeng | hepeng |
| fire | ahe'e | ahoi |
| lime betel | ahol | aol |
| fishing line | talikayi | awel |
| life | nyawa | inennawa |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ethnologue: Languages of the World – Simeulue". www.ethnologue.com. Ethnologue. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ "Haloban (Dialect of Simeulue)" (PDF). www.jtic.org. JTIC. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ a b Syarifuddin (2024). Tipologi Morfologis dan Struktur Argumen Bahasa Haloban (Thesis) (in Indonesian). Doctoral Dissertations (Linguistics). Medan: University of North Sumatra. pp. 1–453 – via Repositori Institusi USU.
- ^ "Perbedaan Bahasa Suku Haloban Dengan Suku Devayan". www.singkilterkini.net (in Indonesian). Singkil Terkini. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
External links
[edit]- http://repository.usu.ac.id/bitstream/123456789/5648/1/002109001.pdf[dead link]
- Pulau Banyak (PDF). Haloban, Indonesia: CV Penerbit Balohan Haloban. July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
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