Chambri
Chambri is a Lower Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Chambri language is spoken by the Chambri people of the Chambri Lakes region in the Sepik basin of northern Papua New Guinea. Spellings in the older anthropological literature include Tchambuli, Tshamberi. Being completely surrounded by the Sepik languages, it is geographically separated from the rest of the Ramu–Lower Sepik language family, of which Chambri is a member.
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Words in Chambri
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | noranEn* | |
| eye | sEs3n* | |
| ear | kukunamp* | |
| nose | wombusu* | |
| tongue | t3b3ran3Nk* | |
| hand | niNkarou* | |
| blood | yari* | |
| bone | anamp* | |
| skin | yiro* | |
| knee | p3rampankari* | |
| breast | n3Nkei* | |
| liver | trin3mp* | |
| water | arɨm | |
| fire | ayir* | |
| sun | syinmari* | |
| star | sungwi* | |
| stone | kẽn | |
| mountain | bawi* | |
| tree | yuwan* | |
| leaf | n3mp3ramp* | |
| night | yirkum* | |
| dog | yuri* | |
| fish | kontysar* | |
| louse | sasanawi* | |
| one | bwiya* | |
| two | n3mp* | |
| I | ami* | |
| you | n3mi* | |
| we | yipi* | |
| drink | am3Nk3n* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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