Daga
Daga is a Dagan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
See it on the globeOpen in the family tree
Daga (Dimuga, Nawp) is a non-Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea. Daga is spoken by about 9,000 people as of 2007. The peoples that speak Daga are located in the Rabaraba subdistrict of Milne Bay district, and in the Abau subdistrict of the Central district of Papua New Guinea.
From Wikipedia · Daga language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Daga
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | apanda* | |
| name | yaoa* | |
| eye | yamewa* | |
| ear | darinewa* | |
| nose | ginewa* | |
| tooth | nodonewa* | |
| tongue | mEriwa* | |
| hand | naniwa* | |
| blood | dEnip* | |
| bone | kaemewa* | |
| skin | Epiwa* | |
| knee | omaniwa* | |
| breast | amewa* | |
| liver | goanewa* | |
| water | kaum | |
| fire | oma* | |
| sun | oam* | |
| star | buanae* | |
| stone | agim* | |
| mountain | tunup* | |
| tree | oma* | |
| leaf | baewa* | |
| night | mum* | |
| dog | eao* | |
| fish | meo* | |
| louse | kuisin* | |
| one | daiton* | |
| two | dErE* | |
| I | nE* | |
| drink | naiwan* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Maiwa (Papua New Guinea)Dagan25% alike
- DimaDagan14% alike
- KanasiDagan10% alike
- UtuNuclear Trans New Guinea9% alike
- ShahmirzadiIndo-European9% alike
- YidiñPama-Nyungan9% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · daga1275 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · dgz