Gorovu
Gorovu is a Ramu language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Gorovu is a nearly extinct Ramu language of Papua New Guinea.
It is spoken in the two villages of:
Bangapela village, Bang Wokam ward, Yawar Rural LLG, Bogia District, Madang Province (4.548038°S 144.586168°E / -4.548038; 144.586168 (Bangapela))
From Wikipedia · Gorovu language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Gorovu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | gu3br3* | |
| name | b3* | |
| eye | aw3rao* | |
| ear | kur3* | |
| nose | pon3m* | |
| tooth | ar3nai* | |
| hand | 3fagai* | |
| blood | ir3N* | |
| bone | ag3r* | |
| skin | yaNap* | |
| knee | tun3u* | |
| breast | uji* | |
| liver | bijir3m* | |
| water | 3n3m* | |
| fire | gu* | |
| sun | g3r* | |
| star | Tir3N* | |
| stone | njip3n* | |
| mountain | up3* | |
| tree | k3* | |
| leaf | p3* | |
| night | g3murE* | |
| dog | ku* | |
| fish | ayi* | |
| louse | ami3N* | |
| one | nena* | |
| two | uaN* | |
| I | Ngo* | |
| you | N3* | |
| we | 35i* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · goro1261 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · grq