Bimin
Bimin is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Bim or Bimin is one of the Ok languages of New Guinea. It is spoken in Sandaun and Western Provinces in the region between the Murray and Strickland Rivers. The language is related to Faiwol but there is also "much intermarriage and cultural exchange with Oksapmin".
From Wikipedia · Bimin language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Bimin
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | win* | |
| eye | kin* | |
| ear | kalun* | |
| nose | mutum* | |
| tooth | niN* | |
| tongue | foN* | |
| hand | teiN* | |
| blood | kaim* | |
| bone | kun* | |
| skin | kal* | |
| knee | katak* | |
| breast | non* | |
| liver | wam* | |
| water | ok | |
| fire | ais* | |
| sun | atan* | |
| star | fial* | |
| stone | tum* | |
| mountain | amgu* | |
| tree | ais* | |
| leaf | kon* | |
| night | kutilip* | |
| dog | mian* | |
| fish | takam* | |
| louse | kim* | |
| one | auk* | |
| two | aukteben* | |
| I | ne* | |
| you | ku* | |
| we | nu* |
* 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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