Bukiyip
Bukiyip is a Nuclear Torricelli language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Bukiyip (Bukiyúp), or Mountain Arapesh, is an Arapesh language (Torricelli) spoken by around 16,000 people between Yangoru and Maprik in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. Bukiyip follows the SVO typology. The Arapesh languages are known for their complex noun-phrase agreement system (Bukiyip has 18 of these noun classes).
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Words in Bukiyip
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| man | élman | |
| woman | élmatok | |
| person | arapeS* | |
| eye | nabep* | |
| ear | atah* | |
| tooth | nauh* | |
| tongue | yaham* | |
| hand | rager* | |
| blood | ausiber* | |
| bone | belepiger* | |
| skin | yageniuh* | |
| knee | ahorib* | |
| breast | 5umab* | |
| water | abal | |
| fire | nih* | |
| sun | aun* | |
| star | unuku* | |
| stone | utom* | |
| tree | lawag* | |
| leaf | Sup* | |
| night | wab* | |
| dog | nibat* | |
| fish | eiur* | |
| one | atu* | |
| two | bia* | |
| I | eik* | |
| you | 5ak* | |
| we | apak* | |
| drink | wak* | |
| see | ti7* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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- Abu' ArapeshNuclear Torricelli26% alike
- Bumbita ArapeshNuclear Torricelli20% alike
- YambesNuclear Torricelli13% alike
- Wom (Papua New Guinea)Nuclear Torricelli11% alike
- MawanNuclear Trans New Guinea9% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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