Massep
bahasa Massep
Massep is a language isolate spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it moribund.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Massep (Masep, Potafa, Wotaf) is a poorly documented Papuan language spoken by fewer than 50 people in the single village of Masep in West Pantai District, Sarmi Regency, Papua. Despite the small number of speakers, however, language use is vigorous. It is surrounded by the Kwerba languages, namely Airoran and Samarokena.
From Wikipedia · Massep language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Massep
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kine* | |
| name | okobe* | |
| eye | nobe* | |
| ear | irmopibe* | |
| nose | indiCe* | |
| tooth | wanabe* | |
| tongue | satoribe* | |
| hand | ekgabe* | |
| blood | komobe* | |
| bone | koke* | |
| skin | mai3re* | |
| knee | siCn3mabe* | |
| breast | sababe* | |
| liver | iwinye* | |
| water | emare* | |
| fire | yaSe* | |
| sun | sobe* | |
| star | Embrobi* | |
| stone | sirinakatiri* | |
| mountain | motorabe* | |
| tree | warane* | |
| leaf | pibi* | |
| night | wine* | |
| dog | onobe* | |
| fish | matawe* | |
| louse | sinome* | |
| one | m3ne3xa* | |
| two | nab3ni* | |
| I | ka* | |
| you | Ngo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- VasaviIndo-European10% alike
- RiantanaKolopom9% alike
- Seselwa Creole FrenchIndo-European9% alike
- Dar Sila DajuDajuic8% alike
- IsirawaGreater Kwerba8% alike
- SererAtlantic-Congo8% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · mass1263 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mvs