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Iyo

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

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Iyo · 5.8°S 146.1°E

Iyo is a language spoken in the Madang Province of Papua New Guinea that comes from the Trans-New Guinea language family. Iyo also goes by the names Bure, Naho, Nabu, and Nahu. It has about 6,900 speakers. The Iyo language was previously known as Nahu because the first discovered speakers of the language lived in villages along the Nahu river. The name changed due to other communities speaking the same language but having different names for it. It was decided to call the language 'Iyo', which is the word for 'yes', after the leaders in the communities agreed to it.

From Wikipedia · Iyo language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Iyo

MeaningWordRomanization
personunipare*
nameowe*
eyetoNe*
earkusumbo*
noseumu*
handkande*
skinkowe*
watersono*
firekewa*
sunkosa*
startutu*
stonewondo*
mountainpuri*
treete*
leafkomiri*
nightsuwo*
dogopiNo*
onekanata*
twoirisa*
Ino*
youke*
wenore*
drinkne*
seeiyo*
heariNo*
diekhumo*
comemahe*
pathore*
newamana*
fullmaNgore*

* 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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