Dadibi
Dadibi is a Teberan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Dadibi (also Daribi or Karimui) is a language of eastern Papua New Guinea. In 2001, the Bible (including the Old Testament) was translated into Dadibi.
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Words in Dadibi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | bidi* | |
| name | nogi* | |
| eye | gedu* | |
| ear | oro* | |
| nose | guni* | |
| tooth | kEli* | |
| tongue | hamiya* | |
| blood | kanimi* | |
| bone | dili* | |
| skin | tigiwali* | |
| knee | bogoli* | |
| breast | ami* | |
| liver | homu* | |
| water | ạị | |
| fire | sia* | |
| sun | giliga* | |
| star | ho* | |
| stone | mazigi* | |
| mountain | bururu* | |
| leaf | yabe* | |
| night | behuli* | |
| dog | yowi* | |
| fish | sugu* | |
| louse | nou* | |
| one | dElEli* | |
| two | si* | |
| I | Ena* | |
| you | nagi* | |
| we | da* | |
| drink | aitubo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- FolopaTeberan20% alike
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- Lama (Togo)Atlantic-Congo11% alike
- KuviDravidian10% alike
- WaffaNuclear Trans New Guinea9% alike
- Lele (Chad)Afro-Asiatic9% alike
Grammar
- TodaDravidian84% alike
- PurariIsolates84% alike
- Mountain KoialiKoiarian83% alike
- Southern GhaleSino-Tibetan83% alike
- YonggomNuclear Trans New Guinea82% alike
- Pintupi-LuritjaPama-Nyungan82% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · dadi1250 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mps