Bine
Bine is an Eastern Trans-Fly language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Bine, also known as Pine, Kunini, Masingara or Oriomo (a name shared with Wipi), is a Papuan language of New Guinea. Glottolog lists the following varieties: Boze-Giringarede, Irupi-Drageli, Kunini, Masingle, Sebe, Sogal and Täti.
Speakers refer to the language as either bine mene (Bine language) or kewe mene (village language).
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Words in Bine
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | binamo* | |
| name | Ni* | |
| eye | ire7u* | |
| ear | tablamo* | |
| nose | keke* | |
| tooth | giru7u* | |
| tongue | wEtE* | |
| hand | ime* | |
| blood | udi* | |
| bone | kako* | |
| skin | tEpe* | |
| knee | kokoraro* | |
| breast | Namo* | |
| liver | owolamo* | |
| water | niye* | |
| fire | uliobo* | |
| sun | bimu* | |
| star | wale* | |
| stone | kula* | |
| mountain | doro* | |
| tree | uli* | |
| leaf | lamo* | |
| night | 7iye* | |
| dog | dreNgo* | |
| fish | 7upya* | |
| louse | Namo* | |
| one | yepE* | |
| two | neneni* | |
| I | 7ano* | |
| you | mano* |
* 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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