Kwomtari
Kwomtari is a Kwomtari-Nai language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Kwomtari is the eponymous language of the Kwomtari family of Papua New Guinea.
Spencer (2008) is a short grammar of Kwomtari. The language has an SOV constituent order and nominative–accusative alignment. Both subjects and objects are marked suffixally on the verb. Verbs are inflected for status (mood) rather than for tense or aspect.
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Words in Kwomtari
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | inalilufwa* | |
| name | biLu* | |
| eye | u* | |
| ear | putEni* | |
| nose | tupu* | |
| tongue | Li* | |
| hand | ame* | |
| blood | pui* | |
| bone | kolilu* | |
| skin | ri* | |
| breast | totu* | |
| liver | riLu* | |
| water | m3Li* | |
| fire | i* | |
| sun | li3* | |
| star | limabu* | |
| stone | ti* | |
| mountain | afunE* | |
| tree | ka* | |
| leaf | fulu* | |
| night | kriE* | |
| dog | kLipu* | |
| fish | rori* | |
| louse | yEfe* | |
| one | muamoLe* | |
| two | are* | |
| I | m3n3* | |
| you | une* | |
| we | mena* | |
| drink | fu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- NaiKwomtari-Nai20% alike
- HponSino-Tibetan12% alike
- Kutang GhaleSino-Tibetan9% alike
- PyuIsolates9% alike
- OnobasuluBosavi9% alike
- BinumarienNuclear Trans New Guinea9% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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