Ikobi
Ikobi is a Turama-Kikori language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Ikobi, or Ikobi-Mena after its two varieties, is a Papuan language, or pair of languages, of Papua New Guinea. Wurm and Hattori (1981) treat the two varieties, Ikobi and Mena, as distinct languages, but Ethnologue 16 judges them to be one.
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Words in Ikobi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | wone* | |
| name | nEnEne* | |
| eye | sitoumu* | |
| ear | kovi* | |
| nose | bobo* | |
| tooth | kaiyo* | |
| tongue | kumEn* | |
| hand | sEmaro* | |
| blood | kai* | |
| bone | havo* | |
| skin | kwaru* | |
| knee | maku* | |
| breast | So* | |
| liver | ihaiE* | |
| water | mu | |
| fire | kumu* | |
| sun | yos3* | |
| star | sigwin* | |
| stone | kam3* | |
| mountain | kaNkorok3m* | |
| leaf | iboru* | |
| night | koponu* | |
| dog | kas3* | |
| fish | mai* | |
| louse | kurom3* | |
| one | sokanE* | |
| two | haiE* | |
| I | ina* | |
| you | iya* | |
| we | nano* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · ikob1240 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · meb