Kombio
Kombio is a Nuclear Torricelli language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Kombio is a Torricelli language spoken by a decreasing number of people in Papua New Guinea, as people shift to Tok Pisin. It also goes by the name Endangen. The Mwi dialect is divergent, but there is some degree of difficulty in comprehension between other major dialects as well (Wampukuamp, Yanimoi, Wampurun).
Dryer (2024), as cited in Drinfield (2024), classifies it as a Kombioic language.
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Words in Kombio
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | maken | |
| person | moule* | |
| name | nio* | |
| eye | niampepm* | |
| ear | taNku* | |
| nose | muNkuniemp* | |
| tooth | nayiNku* | |
| tongue | ulitne* | |
| hand | nto* | |
| blood | yarkup* | |
| bone | leNkepm* | |
| skin | entieaikn* | |
| knee | akaikyuwump* | |
| breast | niumuapm* | |
| liver | niumpuaipm* | |
| water | pep | |
| fire | yite* | |
| sun | awun* | |
| star | Nkuaimantum* | |
| stone | wuntokn* | |
| mountain | maleNk* | |
| tree | lo* | |
| leaf | atno* | |
| night | wunomp* | |
| dog | nimpua | |
| fish | yokn | |
| pig | wurokn | |
| louse | niumukn* | |
| one | likekn* | |
| two | wie* |
* 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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