Mape
Mape is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Mape is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Mape, Fukac, Naga, Nigac; the latter two may be extinct.
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Words in Mape
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | NiNgo* | |
| name | tina* | |
| eye | ciNo* | |
| ear | kace* | |
| nose | sigo* | |
| tooth | mi* | |
| tongue | namaN* | |
| hand | me* | |
| blood | dari* | |
| bone | sia* | |
| skin | saki* | |
| knee | dikaN* | |
| breast | omo* | |
| liver | koruN* | |
| water | obu* | |
| fire | misi* | |
| sun | wegi* | |
| star | bopiN* | |
| stone | koruN* | |
| mountain | tiki* | |
| tree | yo* | |
| leaf | reka* | |
| night | ubu* | |
| dog | kporo* | |
| fish | cembaeN* | |
| louse | yomeN* | |
| one | moakoN* | |
| two | yoyoka* | |
| I | noN* | |
| you | to* |
* 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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Glottolog · mape1249 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mlh