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Meriam

Meriam is an Eastern Trans-Fly language spoken in Australia. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Meriam · 9.6°S 143.8°E

Meriam (Meriam Mir: Meriam Mìr; also Miriam, Meryam, Mer, Mir, Miriam-Mir, etc. and Eastern, Isten, Esten and Able Able) or the Eastern Torres Strait language is the language of the people of the small islands of Mer (Murray Island), Waier and Dauar, Erub (Darnley Island), and Ugar (Stephens Island) in the eastern Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. In the Western Torres Strait language, Kalaw Lagaw Ya, it is called Mœyam or Mœyamau Ya. It is the only Papuan language in Australian territory.

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Words in Meriam

MeaningWordRomanization
personle
nameney*
eyeponi*
earlayp*
nosepit*
toothtirig*
handtag*
bloodmam*
bonelid*
skingegur*
kneekokni*
breastnano
livero*
waterni*
fireur*
sunlim*
starwer*
stonebakir*
mountainpaser*
treelu*
leaflam*
nightki*
fishlar*
snaketábo
lousenem*
onenetat*
twoneys*
Ikaka*
youmama*
wemimi*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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