Aribwatsa
Aribwatsa was an Austronesian language once spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Aribwatsa, also known as Lae or Lahe, is an extinct member of the Busu subgroup of Lower Markham languages in the area of Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Descendants of the Aribwatsa-speaking community have mostly switched to the Bukawa language, which is spoken all along the north coast of the Huon Gulf and in several villages on the south coast. One old woman, Butoawê, remembered the language in 1997.
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Words in Aribwatsa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Nain* | |
| name | biNa* | |
| eye | morognicin* | |
| ear | riNagubun* | |
| nose | sucir* | |
| tooth | gandi* | |
| tongue | mog* | |
| hand | bagiN* | |
| blood | uciag* | |
| bone | waru* | |
| skin | ninig* | |
| knee | ohogadut* | |
| breast | sus* | |
| liver | niwug* | |
| water | abu | |
| fire | cih* | |
| sun | su* | |
| star | Nadamaric* | |
| stone | cau7* | |
| mountain | sun* | |
| tree | urug* | |
| leaf | rinon* | |
| night | punuhu* | |
| dog | om* | |
| fish | cig* | |
| louse | ur* | |
| one | uruc* | |
| two | suruksiru7* | |
| I | camag* | |
| you | agom* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- MusomAustronesian32% alike
- NafiAustronesian26% alike
- WamparAustronesian22% alike
- North WatutAustronesian20% alike
- AdzeraAustronesian18% alike
- South WatutAustronesian17% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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