Mengen
Mengen is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Mengen and Poeng are rather divergent dialects of an Austronesian language of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
From Wikipedia · Mengen language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Mengen
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | axau* | |
| name | gia* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | loNa* | |
| nose | isu* | |
| tooth | NiNi* | |
| tongue | tENEtENkia* | |
| hand | kama* | |
| blood | toto* | |
| bone | gi* | |
| skin | patu* | |
| breast | siu* | |
| liver | lo* | |
| water | me | |
| fire | sia* | |
| star | mata* | |
| stone | lolo* | |
| leaf | lau* | |
| night | rixo* | |
| dog | gaube* | |
| fish | lea* | |
| louse | kutu* | |
| one | kena* | |
| two | lua* | |
| I | iau* | |
| you | one* | |
| we | ita* | |
| drink | inu* | |
| see | kele* | |
| hear | loN* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Grammar
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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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