Anem
Anem is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea, by about 800 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
The Anêm language is a Papuan language spoken in five main villages along the northwestern coast of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
From Wikipedia · Anêm language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Anem
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | doxam* | |
| name | eNi* | |
| eye | ei* | |
| ear | g3t* | |
| nose | piNi* | |
| tooth | lo* | |
| tongue | 3l3N* | |
| hand | t3m* | |
| blood | esin* | |
| bone | exe* | |
| skin | palau* | |
| knee | bol* | |
| breast | i* | |
| liver | 3l* | |
| water | komu* | |
| fire | km3* | |
| sun | ado* | |
| star | eil3* | |
| stone | pa* | |
| mountain | 3b3t* | |
| tree | aN* | |
| leaf | ki* | |
| night | nib* | |
| dog | kaua* | |
| fish | ia | |
| louse | seim* | |
| one | m3d3* | |
| two | niak* | |
| I | ue* | |
| you | nin* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · anem1249 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · anz