Casuarina Coast Asmat
Casuarina Coast Asmat is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Casuarina Coast Asmat is a Papuan language spoken along the Casuarina Coast of South Papua (in the region around the mouth of the Pulau River) by the Asmat people. It is the most divergent of the Asmat languages.
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Words in Casuarina Coast Asmat
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kawey* | |
| name | yuas* | |
| eye | manak* | |
| ear | yen* | |
| nose | mimak* | |
| tooth | sis* | |
| tongue | maneke* | |
| hand | mane* | |
| blood | es* | |
| bone | emak* | |
| skin | pitin* | |
| knee | yine* | |
| breast | aw* | |
| liver | wa* | |
| water | mi* | |
| fire | yismak* | |
| star | maeto* | |
| stone | eke* | |
| tree | ose* | |
| leaf | ye* | |
| night | yirima* | |
| dog | yuri* | |
| fish | enam* | |
| louse | wamo* | |
| one | tak* | |
| two | amini* | |
| I | nor* | |
| you | oro* | |
| we | nar* | |
| see | por* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Central AsmatNuclear Trans New Guinea52% alike
- CitakNuclear Trans New Guinea50% alike
- Yaosakor AsmatNuclear Trans New Guinea50% alike
- Tamnim CitakNuclear Trans New Guinea50% alike
- SempanNuclear Trans New Guinea46% alike
- Momogo-Pupis-IrogoNuclear Trans New Guinea42% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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