Mato
Mato is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Mato is a minor Austronesian language of northern Papua New Guinea just inside Morobe Province. Mato is also referred to by the names Nenaya, Nengaya, and Nineia. Mato language has two minor variations, Tabares and Remuk, and the two variations are each spoken in three separate villages. While Mato is surrounded by several other languages, this has no effect on the grammar changes within Mato boundaries. The linguistic situation is very stable, due in part to the geographical isolation of the Mato people.
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Words in Mato
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | hain | |
| person | lipu7* | |
| name | iono* | |
| eye | moxo* | |
| ear | toNonliono* | |
| nose | yuNxo* | |
| tooth | woino* | |
| tongue | mono* | |
| hand | rimo* | |
| blood | sip* | |
| bone | totuo* | |
| skin | soNgo* | |
| knee | kiotuxuno* | |
| breast | su* | |
| liver | oti* | |
| water | lang | |
| fire | yop* | |
| sun | xoidop* | |
| star | hotuN* | |
| stone | sioN* | |
| mountain | bimbi* | |
| tree | xoi* | |
| leaf | lono* | |
| night | yomboN* | |
| dog | komo* | |
| fish | soN* | |
| louse | girok* | |
| one | toininou* | |
| two | luwo* | |
| I | No* |
* 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.
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