Bamu
Bamu is a Kiwaian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Bamu, or Bamu Kiwai, is a Papuan language of southern Papua New Guinea.
A thousand speakers of Gama are included in the ISO code for Bamu. However, Ethnologue notes that lexical similarity is below 80% with the most similar dialect of Bamu proper.
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Words in Bamu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | orobo | |
| person | urubia* | |
| name | masiro* | |
| eye | domari* | |
| ear | gare* | |
| nose | punugo* | |
| tooth | ibonoro* | |
| tongue | ototobe* | |
| hand | tu* | |
| blood | karima* | |
| bone | soro* | |
| skin | tama* | |
| knee | kauhio* | |
| breast | amo* | |
| liver | beu* | |
| water | obo | |
| fire | mahi* | |
| sun | saiki* | |
| star | kiboni* | |
| stone | nadi* | |
| mountain | podo* | |
| tree | ota* | |
| leaf | poara* | |
| night | duwo* | |
| dog | hiko* | |
| fish | nokara* | |
| louse | nimo* | |
| one | kaupoti* | |
| two | netewa* | |
| I | mo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Southern KiwaiKiwaian50% alike
- WabodaKiwaian50% alike
- MorigiKiwaian39% alike
- Northeast KiwaiKiwaian36% alike
- KerewoKiwaian31% alike
- TaboIsolates16% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · bamu1257 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bcf