Bagupi
Bagupi is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Bagupi is a nearly extinct Madang language of Papua New Guinea. The language is under pressure from neighboring large languages such as Garuh, and Tok Pisin, which is taking its toll. Spoken in the Madang Province of Papua New Guinea. Spoken at the headwaters of the Gogol River, west of Mabanob, northwest of Madang town. Very little is still known about this unique language situated in Papua New Guinea.
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Words in Bagupi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | dEnah* | |
| name | bin3* | |
| eye | amu* | |
| ear | dahu* | |
| nose | nomusa* | |
| tongue | nim3ru* | |
| hand | EbE* | |
| blood | ti* | |
| bone | EpE* | |
| skin | gar3* | |
| knee | dowaamug* | |
| breast | 3b* | |
| liver | gEmE* | |
| water | di* | |
| fire | imup* | |
| sun | us* | |
| star | birum* | |
| mountain | bahE* | |
| tree | im* | |
| night | otusEm* | |
| dog | p3i* | |
| fish | silau* | |
| louse | mi* | |
| one | nunuga* | |
| two | bar3rtEk* | |
| I | sEg* | |
| you | nEg* | |
| we | ig* | |
| see | itEi* | |
| hear | do* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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