Maisin
Maisin is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea, by about 2,600 people.
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Maisin (or Maisan) is a divergent Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea, containing Papuan features. It is a Nuclear Papuan Tip language, with the Papuan element being Binanderean or Dagan. It is spoken by the Maisin people of Oro Province.
Maisin displays significant lexical copying from Korafe, a neighboring Papuan language.
Other languages with disputed affiliation between either Austronesian or Papuan are Magori, the Reefs-Santa Cruz languages, the Lower Mamberamo languages, and the Pasismanua languages.
From Wikipedia · Maisin language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Maisin
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | saukitamati* | |
| name | asa* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | kariya* | |
| nose | isu* | |
| tooth | nuwa* | |
| tongue | me* | |
| hand | fake* | |
| blood | ta* | |
| bone | tukakki* | |
| skin | funa* | |
| knee | tu* | |
| breast | susi* | |
| liver | kate* | |
| water | yuN* | |
| fire | wo* | |
| sun | ya* | |
| star | damana* | |
| stone | kamora* | |
| mountain | woyaN* | |
| tree | ka* | |
| leaf | fara* | |
| night | foiN* | |
| dog | taru* | |
| fish | mana* | |
| louse | tuN* | |
| one | sesei* | |
| two | sandei* | |
| I | a* | |
| you | e* |
* 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.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · mais1250 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mbq