Mekmek
Mekmek is a Yuat language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Mekmek is a Yuat language of the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. It has 1,400 total speakers, according to the 2000 Papua New Guinea census.
From Wikipedia · Mekmek language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Mekmek
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | sikot* | |
| ear | tuwan* | |
| nose | Nurok* | |
| tooth | Nandu* | |
| tongue | mbE* | |
| hand | kubak* | |
| blood | amb3la* | |
| bone | ampuk* | |
| skin | yabot* | |
| knee | wundanpop* | |
| breast | miru* | |
| liver | yindampu* | |
| water | mam* | |
| fire | mon* | |
| sun | ba* | |
| star | susuwa* | |
| stone | Nat* | |
| mountain | ram* | |
| tree | muN* | |
| leaf | daNg3li* | |
| night | worgan* | |
| dog | kyEn* | |
| fish | yEsiN* | |
| louse | kwuta* | |
| one | natok* | |
| two | 3rabwu5* | |
| I | Nwon* | |
| you | ndon* | |
| we | yin* | |
| hear | ambos* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- KyeneleYuat41% alike
- BunYuat40% alike
- BiwatYuat27% alike
- ChangriwaYuat26% alike
- Katukína-KanamaríKatukinan11% alike
- NdengerekoAtlantic-Congo11% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · mekm1240 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mvk