Ma Manda
Ma Manda is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Sauk, or Ma Manda, is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea.
A detailed grammar of the language was published by Ryan Pennington in 2016.
From Wikipedia · Ma Manda language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Ma Manda
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | n3* | |
| name | wo* | |
| ear | duN* | |
| nose | 3mda* | |
| hand | qel3* | |
| blood | nanggat | |
| bone | q3t3l* | |
| skin | g3tnem* | |
| knee | mundan* | |
| water | mi* | |
| fire | qad3p* | |
| sun | go* | |
| star | d3bugum* | |
| stone | qaud3* | |
| mountain | squnsqun* | |
| tree | qad3p* | |
| leaf | t3mel* | |
| night | t3ndon* | |
| dog | s3p* | |
| one | niNg3t* | |
| two | jal3* | |
| I | n3q* | |
| you | g3q* | |
| we | nind3* | |
| see | b* | |
| come | b3* | |
| new | qoda* |
* 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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