Angoram
Angoram is a Lower Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Angoram, also known as Pondo and by its speakers as Kanda, is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.
Maramba, listed in Ethnologue, has been found by Foley (2018: 226) to in fact be a dialect of Angoram that is spoken in Maramba village.
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Words in Angoram
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | pondo* | |
| name | wli* | |
| eye | tamblimnanakle* | |
| ear | kundummnanakum* | |
| nose | masikmnanakn* | |
| tooth | sisiNlimnanakNli* | |
| tongue | mniNmnanakN* | |
| hand | yaklimnanakle* | |
| blood | iarwalemnanakle* | |
| bone | saliNmnanakN* | |
| skin | naNunimnanaki* | |
| knee | wlukurnamuNlitamuru* | |
| breast | germnanakle* | |
| liver | pukusamnanakn* | |
| water | alɨm | |
| fire | wor* | |
| sun | buio* | |
| star | inanso* | |
| stone | imunduN* | |
| mountain | wiNnm* | |
| tree | iror* | |
| leaf | blhm* | |
| night | ikumun* | |
| dog | thanta* | |
| fish | almtamneamNle* | |
| louse | wawlendr* | |
| one | beN* | |
| two | kulupar* | |
| I | ame* | |
| drink | mnalumamgna* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- KoparLower Sepik14% alike
- Murik (Papua New Guinea)Lower Sepik11% alike
- ShahmirzadiIndo-European8% alike
- Papora-HoanyaAustronesian8% alike
- PanAfro-Asiatic8% alike
- Eastern ManinkakanMande8% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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