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Huli

Huli is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

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Huli · 6.0°S 143.0°E

Huli is a Tari language spoken by the Huli people of the Hela Province of Papua New Guinea.

Huli has a pandanus language called tayenda tu ha illili (bush divide taboo) used for collecting karuka nuts (anga) as well as hunting or traveling. Tayenda is used to evade malevolent bush spirits. The grammar for Tayenda is nearly identical to normal Huli, but the vocabulary is changed, often borrowing words from Duna but with changed meanings.

From Wikipedia · Huli language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Huli

MeaningWordRomanization
personmbirale*
namemini*
eyede*
earhale*
nosengui*
toothne*
tonguehege*
handgi*
blooddarama*
bonekuni*
skindogone*
kneelagoli*
breastandu*
liverbu*
wateriba
fireira*
sunni*
staryakundi*
stoneegetole*
mountainhari*
treeira*
leafyuni*
nightmbiraga*
dogbiango*
fishwena*
lousekua*
onembira*
twokira*
Ii*
youi*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

Most similar languages

Vocabulary

  • East KewaNuclear Trans New Guinea32% alike
  • EraveNuclear Trans New Guinea29% alike
  • West KewaNuclear Trans New Guinea24% alike
  • AngalNuclear Trans New Guinea22% alike
  • DunaIsolates21% alike
  • Angal HenengNuclear Trans New Guinea19% alike

Grammar

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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