Malalamai
Malalamai is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Malalamai, or Bonga (after the two villages in which it is spoken), is an Austronesian language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
A sociolinguistic survey of the language was carried out in 2011 and can be found here: https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/43106
From Wikipedia · Malalamai language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Malalamai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Nelo* | |
| name | Ezaza* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | taliNa* | |
| nose | izu* | |
| tooth | liwo* | |
| tongue | ama* | |
| hand | nima* | |
| blood | siN* | |
| bone | tutua* | |
| skin | uli* | |
| knee | daw3l* | |
| breast | tuzu* | |
| liver | ate* | |
| water | yu | |
| fire | yap* | |
| sun | wazo* | |
| star | gona* | |
| stone | mailou* | |
| mountain | bonaNga* | |
| tree | yei* | |
| leaf | yeiloulou* | |
| night | boN* | |
| dog | koma* | |
| fish | ixa* | |
| louse | tumE* | |
| one | Emo* | |
| two | rua* | |
| I | you* | |
| you | yu* |
* 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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