Bargam
Bargam is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Bargam, or Mugil, is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, spoken mainly by adults. It is divergent within the Madang language family.
The alphabet includes the letter Q with hook tail, Ɋ ɋ.
From Wikipedia · Bargam language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Bargam
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | aw | |
| name | nan* | |
| eye | mEnagin* | |
| ear | deksan* | |
| nose | motugu* | |
| tooth | te* | |
| tongue | mele7* | |
| hand | huain* | |
| blood | nedan* | |
| bone | ditin* | |
| skin | san* | |
| knee | damagan* | |
| breast | sus* | |
| liver | util* | |
| water | yuw | |
| fire | fa7* | |
| sun | zE* | |
| star | ulig* | |
| stone | gig* | |
| mountain | garah* | |
| tree | ay* | |
| night | rumri* | |
| dog | gaun* | |
| fish | nabi7* | |
| louse | gau* | |
| one | amuligmo* | |
| two | gigEr* | |
| I | ya* | |
| you | ni* | |
| we | iy* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · barg1252 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mlp