Likum
Likum is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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The Likum language is a West Manus language spoken by approximately 80 people in western Manus Island, Manus Province of Papua New Guinea. Its speakers also use Nyindrou. Likum is classified as "definitely endangered" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. It has SVO word order.
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Words in Likum
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Tamak* | |
| name | sare* | |
| eye | mita* | |
| ear | Tine* | |
| nose | no7o* | |
| tooth | lihe* | |
| tongue | karame7e* | |
| hand | lime* | |
| blood | Tay* | |
| bone | Tui* | |
| skin | kala7u* | |
| breast | suh* | |
| liver | ate* | |
| water | gway | |
| fire | yeh* | |
| star | deaw* | |
| stone | pok* | |
| leaf | le7u* | |
| night | pen* | |
| dog | mwi* | |
| fish | ni* | |
| louse | kuk* | |
| one | esi* | |
| two | rueh* | |
| I | ye* | |
| you | ow* | |
| we | to* | |
| drink | u7un* | |
| see | sa7an* | |
| hear | rohon* |
* 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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