Kilmeri
Kilmeri is a Border language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Kilmeri, or bo apulyo is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea near the border with Indonesian Papua. It is not being learned by children.
Kilmeri is spoken around Ossima ward (2.916313°S 141.298028°E / -2.916313; 141.298028 (Ossima)) in Bewani/Wutung Onei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.
Speakers of Kilmeri refer to their own language as bo apulyo, meaning sound in the middle.
From Wikipedia · Kilmeri language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kilmeri
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | yEna* | |
| name | nem* | |
| eye | dob* | |
| ear | epul* | |
| nose | pon* | |
| tooth | lu* | |
| tongue | bEr* | |
| hand | an* | |
| blood | lil* | |
| bone | kili* | |
| skin | dop* | |
| knee | kaepul* | |
| breast | ba* | |
| liver | vEi* | |
| water | pu | |
| fire | su* | |
| sun | nini* | |
| star | panub* | |
| stone | luo* | |
| mountain | ol* | |
| tree | ri* | |
| leaf | pElE* | |
| night | dupuni* | |
| dog | uor* | |
| fish | wal* | |
| louse | du* | |
| one | klokni* | |
| two | dupua* | |
| I | ko* | |
| you | de* |
* 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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Glottolog · kilm1241 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kih