Iamalele
Iamalele is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Iamalele (Yamalele, Ubuvala) is an Austronesian language spoken on Fergusson Island in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.
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Words in Iamalele
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | vavine | |
| person | to* | |
| name | waxava* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | tanixa* | |
| nose | kabuni* | |
| tooth | nixo* | |
| hand | nima* | |
| blood | dayaxa* | |
| bone | lulu* | |
| skin | bunu7ava* | |
| knee | axetautauno7u* | |
| liver | ase7ase* | |
| water | ufa | |
| sun | inala* | |
| star | ubwana* | |
| stone | vuyoxa* | |
| mountain | ubuvala* | |
| tree | welavi* | |
| leaf | aikolu* | |
| night | dudubala* | |
| dog | ou7ou* | |
| fish | ubu* | |
| louse | utu* | |
| one | tamoxana* | |
| two | ailuxa* | |
| I | yau* | |
| you | omu* | |
| we | ta* | |
| drink | walu7ai* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · iama1237 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · yml