Aruek
Aruek is a Nuclear Torricelli language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Aruek is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. There is little data to classify it, and it is therefore left unclassified within Torricelli by Ross (2005). Dryer (2024), as cited in Drinfield (2024), classifies it as a Kombioic language.
There are no longer any speakers in the one village where it was spoken and people of that village say the language is now extinct.
From Wikipedia · Aruek language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Aruek
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ElmE* | |
| eye | 5ambEp* | |
| ear | taNg3l* | |
| nose | miu* | |
| tooth | suNgE* | |
| tongue | liEtow* | |
| hand | wEtiy3* | |
| blood | arai* | |
| skin | ulow* | |
| knee | mi3n* | |
| breast | 5imwap* | |
| water | w3mbEp* | |
| fire | sutE* | |
| sun | awun* | |
| star | gway* | |
| stone | tap* | |
| mountain | nEN* | |
| tree | lEu* | |
| leaf | ateu* | |
| night | numim* | |
| dog | 5imbwa* | |
| fish | suok* | |
| louse | e5u3k* | |
| one | leity* | |
| two | wusou* | |
| I | ak* | |
| you | yik* | |
| we | epe* | |
| drink | EkElEm* | |
| see | EkiEr* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- EitiepNuclear Torricelli33% alike
- KombioNuclear Torricelli21% alike
- YambesNuclear Torricelli21% alike
- Aro-Mukweym-OrokNuclear Torricelli18% alike
- Tenggarong Kutai MalayAustronesian11% alike
- AuNuclear Torricelli11% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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