Bahasa Panau

Bahasa Maphilindo (bah-HAH-sah mah-feeh-leen-DOH) is an Austronesian language spoken in the Malay Peninsula and the Malay Archipelago.

As an Austronesian language, it is very close to such languages like Filipino (Wikang Filipino), Malay (Bahasa Melayu), and Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), and others from Javanese (Basa Java), Bisaya (Sinugbuanong Binisaya), Ilokano (Pagsasao nga Ilokano), and Acehnese (Bahsa Aceh); but most words come from Malay and Filipino. Some words come from foreign languages.

The language has mainly three dialects: Northern (Philippine region), Central (Malaya and North Borneo), and Southern (Indonesian region). Note that exclusive words in a dialect will be: Northern, [ ] Central, and { } Southern.

The language uses Latin script.

Greetings
Hello! = Halo!

How are you? = Kamu baik?

I'm fine. = Baikku. / Aku adalah baik.

I'm not fine. = Tidak baikku. / Aku adalah tidak baik.

What is your name? = Apa namamu?

My name is ... = Namaku adalah ...

Where are you from? = Taga-dimana kamu?

I'm from ... = Taga-... aku.

How old are you? = Manuh gulangmu?

I am ... years old. = Gulangku adalah ...

Nice to meet you. = Galak setiap temu kamu.

Good morning. = Indah pagi.

Good noon. = Indah tengahari (tanghali).

Good afternoon. = Indah sore.

Good night. = Indah malam {petang}.

Yes. = Iya.

No. = Tidak.

Maybe. = Mungkin.
 * halo = hello
 * kamu = you
 * baik = good
 * -ku = my, mine
 * aku = I, me
 * adalah = am, is
 * tidak = no, not
 * apa = what
 * nama = name
 * -mu = your
 * taga- = person from, person to do
 * dimana = where
 * manuh = how many
 * gulang = age
 * galak = happy
 * setiap = -ing
 * temu = meet
 * indah = bearhutiful
 * pagi = morning
 * tengahari (tanghali) = noon
 * sore = afternoon
 * malam {petang} = night, evening
 * iya = yes
 * mungkin = maybe