Magi
Magi is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Magɨ is a moribund Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It was discovered in 2012. It is spoken in the village of Wanang, which hosts a field site belonging to the New Guinea Binatang Research Center.
Magɨ is most closely related to the Aisi language, with which it forms an Aisian subgroup within the Sogeram branch.
From Wikipedia · Magɨ language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Magi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | ib* | |
| eye | tam3* | |
| ear | duwag* | |
| nose | mumukatam* | |
| tooth | mak3* | |
| tongue | migin* | |
| hand | k3m3b* | |
| blood | igam* | |
| bone | ka5aN* | |
| skin | s3g3d* | |
| knee | kugad* | |
| breast | am3* | |
| liver | map3m* | |
| water | aN* | |
| fire | ab* | |
| sun | wayaN* | |
| star | tind3* | |
| stone | gwande* | |
| mountain | param* | |
| tree | te* | |
| leaf | tewad* | |
| night | um3nda* | |
| dog | api* | |
| fish | kyaN3* | |
| louse | imaN* | |
| one | pabra* | |
| two | agrenda* | |
| I | y3* | |
| you | na* | |
| we | ar3* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · magi1243 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · gkd