Alamblak
Alamblak is a Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea, by about 1,500 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Alamblak language is spoken in the Angoram District of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. One dialect is spoken in nine villages on the Middle Karawari and Wagupmeri rivers, and another in four villages near Kuvanmas Lake. It is the easternmost of the Sepik Hill languages.
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Words in Alamblak
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | yimar* | |
| name | yupat* | |
| eye | niNgaw* | |
| ear | yimbolindaNgom* | |
| nose | khusimoth* | |
| tooth | bisom* | |
| tongue | torkh* | |
| hand | thiwapith* | |
| blood | khukhupam* | |
| bone | thophim* | |
| skin | thokhath* | |
| knee | baNgor* | |
| breast | miNgam* | |
| liver | wabot* | |
| water | bupam | |
| fire | khath* | |
| sun | mar* | |
| star | gu53r* | |
| stone | taxim* | |
| mountain | khomin* | |
| tree | mim* | |
| leaf | rebatuam* | |
| night | yibuNgoth* | |
| dog | yawu* | |
| fish | yiram | |
| louse | nomo* | |
| one | rEphar* | |
| two | hucip* | |
| I | na* | |
| you | ni* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Mari (East Sepik Province)Sepik23% alike
- KaprimanSepik21% alike
- BahinemoSepik18% alike
- BisisSepik15% alike
- Saniyo-HiyeweSepik14% alike
- BerinomoSepik13% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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