Duna

Duna is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea.

Duna · 5.4°S 142.5°E

An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.

Duna (also known as Yuna) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It may belong to the Trans New Guinea language family and is often further classified as a Duna-Pogaya language, for Bogaya appears to be Duna's closest relative, as evidenced by the similar development of the personal pronouns. Estimates for number of speakers range from 11,000 (1991) to 25,000 (2002).

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Words in Duna

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	imanoa*
name	yaka*
eye	re*
ear	khonane*
nose	kuma*
tooth	ne*
tongue	Ngone*
hand	ki*
blood	yEta*
bone	khuni*
skin	phuru*
knee	mokone*
breast	amu*
liver	ini*
water	yu
fire	rowa*
sun	hewa*
star	yalekayi*
stone	eke*
mountain	khari*
tree	rowa*
leaf	hini*
night	akura*
dog	yawi*
fish	wEna*
louse	kuta*
one	mbitu*
two	yapa*
I	no*
you	ko*