Mbula
Mbula is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Mbula (also known as Mangap-Mbula, Mangaaba, Mangaawa, Mangaava, Kaimanga) is an Austronesian language spoken by around 2,500 people on Umboi Island and Sakar Island in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Its basic word order is subject–verb–object; it has a nominative–accusative case-marking strategy.
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Words in Mbula
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | waine | |
| person | tomtom* | |
| name | za* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | uNi* | |
| nose | kuzu* | |
| tooth | zoNo* | |
| tongue | mia* | |
| hand | nama* | |
| blood | siNi* | |
| bone | tiro* | |
| skin | usi* | |
| knee | tu7u* | |
| breast | ruru* | |
| liver | kete* | |
| water | yok | |
| fire | eoa* | |
| sun | zoN* | |
| star | pitik* | |
| stone | patu* | |
| mountain | abal* | |
| tree | ke* | |
| leaf | kerunu* | |
| night | oabubu* | |
| dog | me* | |
| fish | ye* | |
| louse | kut* | |
| one | ta* | |
| two | ru* | |
| I | Nau* |
* 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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Elsewhere
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