Mauwake
Mauwake is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Mauwake (Mawake), or Ulingan, is a Papuan language spoken in Almami Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in several villages along the north coast of Madang province, which lies in the north-east of Papua New Guinea.
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Words in Mauwake
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | emeria | |
| name | unuma* | |
| eye | mokok3* | |
| ear | ifana* | |
| nose | mik3pura* | |
| tooth | EnEka* | |
| tongue | omabia* | |
| hand | w3s3* | |
| blood | aka | |
| bone | on3* | |
| skin | kanEm3* | |
| knee | turup3* | |
| breast | mEsEka* | |
| liver | kema* | |
| water | eka | |
| fire | mukuna* | |
| sun | ama* | |
| star | mokom3* | |
| stone | nomona* | |
| mountain | 3ma* | |
| tree | nomokw3* | |
| night | ur3* | |
| dog | siowa* | |
| fish | mEra* | |
| louse | kua* | |
| one | kusob* | |
| two | Erup* | |
| I | yos* | |
| you | nos* | |
| we | is* |
* 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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Glottolog · mauw1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mhl