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Dom

Dom is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

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Dom · 6.0°S 144.9°E

Dom is a Trans–New Guinea language of the Eastern Group of the Chimbu family, spoken in the Gumine and Sinasina Districts of Chimbu Province and in some other isolated settlements in the western highlands of Papua New Guinea.

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Words in Dom

MeaningWordRomanization
personyopal*
nameka*
eyeoml*
earkna*
noseguma*
tongueglaip*
hando*
bloodblat*
boneyopla*
skingapl*
livermri*
waternl*
firedogwa*
sunar*
stonekopl*
mountainmepke*
treeer*
leafari*
nightgrankl*
dogal*
oneta*
twosu*
Ina*
youen*
weno*
seekar*
hearpl*
diegol*
comeu*
pathkol*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary

  • GolinNuclear Trans New Guinea34% alike
  • KumanNuclear Trans New Guinea29% alike
  • NomaneNuclear Trans New Guinea23% alike
  • KandawoNuclear Trans New Guinea16% alike
  • Texmelucan ZapotecOtomanguean15% alike
  • NarakNuclear Trans New Guinea13% alike

Grammar

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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