Menya
Menya is an Angan language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Menya (Menyama, Menye) is an Angan language of Papua New Guinea.
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Words in Menya
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | apäkä | |
| person | amaqa* | |
| name | yavqa* | |
| eye | hingwa* | |
| ear | qata* | |
| nose | hima* | |
| tooth | heqwanga* | |
| tongue | tewa* | |
| blood | hangeqa* | |
| bone | yanga* | |
| skin | hviwa* | |
| knee | gwonga* | |
| breast | angwa* | |
| liver | qeqa* | |
| water | eqä | |
| fire | ta* | |
| sun | mapa* | |
| star | qataqweqa* | |
| stone | hika* | |
| mountain | qwaqwanga* | |
| tree | iya* | |
| leaf | quw3qa* | |
| night | hat3qa* | |
| dog | hivyeqa* | |
| fish | hamapaka* | |
| louse | yaqa* | |
| one | h3nkwona* | |
| two | h3nqwaqwo* | |
| I | nyi* | |
| you | si* |
* 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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