Bina (Papua New Guinea)
Bina (Papua New Guinea) was an Austronesian language once spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Bina is an extinct Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea. It was restructured through contact with neighboring Papuan languages, and it turn influencing them, before speakers shifted to those languages.
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Words in Bina (Papua New Guinea)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | a7a* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | tal3* | |
| nose | uo* | |
| tooth | moka* | |
| tongue | mana* | |
| hand | nima* | |
| blood | ko7fa* | |
| bone | iada* | |
| skin | kopi* | |
| knee | turu* | |
| breast | u7u* | |
| liver | karamena* | |
| water | uba* | |
| fire | karova* | |
| sun | v3vana* | |
| star | kipora* | |
| stone | korara* | |
| mountain | oroi* | |
| tree | karova* | |
| leaf | rugu* | |
| night | kikipa* | |
| dog | koivo* | |
| fish | koiebe* | |
| louse | tuma* | |
| one | k3nikoni* | |
| two | buo* | |
| I | nau* | |
| you | moni* | |
| we | ita* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · bina1271 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bmn