Doromu-Koki
Doromu-Koki is a Manubaran language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Doromu, or Doromu-Koki, is a Manubaran language spoken in the Papuan Peninsula in Papua New Guinea. Doromu has about 1,500 native speakers with half of them living in the capital, Port Moresby. It has three varieties: Koki, Kokila and Koriko.
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Words in Doromu-Koki
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | amie* | |
| name | roka* | |
| eye | ne* | |
| ear | anemaye* | |
| nose | uruma* | |
| tooth | kade* | |
| tongue | afie* | |
| hand | vana* | |
| head | ada | |
| blood | dava | |
| bone | nena* | |
| skin | ro* | |
| knee | kefoka* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | keva* | |
| water | kou* | |
| fire | ita* | |
| sun | meda* | |
| star | ia* | |
| stone | fore* | |
| mountain | sofire* | |
| tree | yabo* | |
| leaf | ie* | |
| night | urunio* | |
| dog | auna* | |
| fish | oyena* | |
| louse | gue* | |
| one | nokoimaka* | |
| two | remanu* | |
| I | na* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Maria (Papua New Guinea)Manubaran53% alike
- MískitoMisumalpan16% alike
- EseKoiarian14% alike
- AuyeNuclear Trans New Guinea14% alike
- MoikodiYareban14% alike
- Yalahatan-Haruru-AwaiyaAustronesian13% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · doro1266 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kqc