Doso
Doso is a Doso-Turumsa language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Doso is a language of New Guinea. It has 61% of its vocabulary in common with the nearly extinct Turumsa language, its only clear relative. It is spoken near Kamula but does not appear to be related to it; not enough is known to tell if it may be related to other languages in the area.
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Words in Doso
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | haimo* | |
| name | samu* | |
| eye | usa* | |
| ear | apu* | |
| nose | bulu* | |
| tooth | da* | |
| tongue | ithi* | |
| hand | pEnei* | |
| blood | omani* | |
| bone | khi* | |
| skin | b3li* | |
| knee | swa* | |
| breast | toka* | |
| water | umu* | |
| fire | diki* | |
| sun | khikha* | |
| star | wot3ba* | |
| stone | ko* | |
| mountain | pi* | |
| tree | gu* | |
| leaf | gusu* | |
| dog | khasa* | |
| fish | yah* | |
| louse | amu* | |
| I | anei* | |
| you | na* | |
| we | ai* | |
| see | yane* | |
| hear | durei* | |
| come | andE* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- SinhalaIndo-European14% alike
- OdoodeeEast Strickland12% alike
- Wuvulu-AuaAustronesian11% alike
- DangaleatAfro-Asiatic11% alike
- Eastern ManinkakanMande10% alike
- BuglereChibchan10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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