Gimi (Eastern Highlands)
Gimi (Eastern Highlands) is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Gimi, also known as Labogai, is a Papuan language spoken in the Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea. 23,000 speakers (2000 cited) speak the Gimi language.
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Words in Gimi (Eastern Highlands)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ina7* | |
| name | keke* | |
| eye | o* | |
| ear | geta* | |
| nose | sigi7* | |
| tooth | ba7* | |
| tongue | dabina7* | |
| hand | za7* | |
| blood | kora7* | |
| bone | zapu* | |
| skin | reu7* | |
| knee | rae* | |
| breast | ame* | |
| liver | u7* | |
| water | bene | |
| fire | kuku7* | |
| sun | ho* | |
| star | obu* | |
| stone | i* | |
| mountain | abi7* | |
| tree | za* | |
| leaf | asi7* | |
| night | utuna* | |
| dog | kura* | |
| fish | mado* | |
| louse | nimi* | |
| one | kika7* | |
| two | rare* | |
| I | ne* | |
| you | ka* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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