Lou
Lou is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea, by about 1,000 people.
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Lou is a Southeast Admiralty Islands language spoken on Lou Island of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea by 1,000 people.
From Wikipedia · Lou language (Austronesian) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Lou
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | pein | |
| person | ramat* | |
| name | Nara* | |
| eye | mara* | |
| ear | teliNa* | |
| nose | pursu* | |
| tooth | lia* | |
| tongue | karmi* | |
| hand | mina* | |
| blood | turi* | |
| bone | peteri* | |
| skin | kuna* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | kari* | |
| water | wei | |
| fire | mon* | |
| star | rere* | |
| stone | rey* | |
| leaf | rein* | |
| night | kelipeN* | |
| dog | mwi* | |
| fish | nik* | |
| louse | kut* | |
| one | sip* | |
| two | ruep* | |
| I | Na* | |
| we | ta* | |
| drink | im* | |
| see | niN* | |
| hear | roN* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · louu1245 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · loj