Fuyug
Fuyug is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Fuyug (Fuyuge, Fuyughe, Mafulu) is a language of Papua New Guinea spoken in the Central Province of the country. The language's 14,000 speakers live in 300 villages in the Goilala District.
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Words in Fuyug
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| man | an | |
| woman | amul | |
| person | aa* | |
| name | ifa* | |
| eye | li* | |
| ear | gadolo* | |
| nose | huNa* | |
| tooth | usi* | |
| tongue | asese* | |
| hand | iZa* | |
| blood | tanal | |
| bone | hude* | |
| skin | hoda* | |
| knee | muda* | |
| breast | duda* | |
| liver | huma* | |
| water | yuv | |
| fire | oki* | |
| sun | evuli* | |
| star | hamadofa* | |
| stone | zo* | |
| mountain | kum* | |
| tree | ii* | |
| leaf | hutu | |
| night | dubiti* | |
| dog | ho* | |
| fish | galu* | |
| louse | hi* | |
| one | fida* | |
| two | Zuvalo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Larike-WakasihuAustronesian13% alike
- Grass KoiariKoiarian13% alike
- KagateSino-Tibetan12% alike
- AmanabBorder12% alike
- BaraiKoiarian12% alike
- YakkhaSino-Tibetan11% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · fuyu1242 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · fuy