Gwahatike
Gwahatike is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Gwahatike (also called Dahating or Gwatike) is a language generally classified in the Warup branch of the Finisterre family of Finisterre–Huon languages. As of 2003, it was spoken by 1570 people in Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in several villages located south of Saidor.
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Words in Gwahatike
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | al* | |
| name | deNem* | |
| eye | diwiliN* | |
| ear | kirmiN* | |
| nose | muruN* | |
| tooth | misiN* | |
| tongue | melag* | |
| hand | hamiN* | |
| blood | dari* | |
| bone | kiNkiniN* | |
| skin | sisihik* | |
| breast | mamuN* | |
| liver | bubulkuN* | |
| water | fe | |
| fire | kag* | |
| star | dinambe* | |
| stone | hora* | |
| mountain | dugu* | |
| tree | he* | |
| leaf | asaN* | |
| night | waimuN* | |
| dog | kulu* | |
| fish | makaNdagma* | |
| louse | imeN* | |
| one | uNkureN* | |
| two | irau* | |
| I | ne* | |
| you | ge* | |
| we | neN* | |
| drink | fenen* |
* 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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