Muno
Muno is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Guriaso or Muno is a language of Papua New Guinea. Only described in 1983, it appears to be distantly related to the Kwomtari and Nai languages. (See Senu River languages for details.) It is spoken in Guriaso ward (3.581107°S 141.592197°E / -3.581107; 141.592197 (Guriaso)), Amanab Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.
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Words in Muno
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | am3ram* | |
| name | miyu* | |
| eye | mkatu* | |
| ear | mtonu* | |
| nose | aptu* | |
| tooth | woku* | |
| tongue | air3mu* | |
| hand | krko* | |
| blood | aru* | |
| bone | mokmo* | |
| skin | kato* | |
| knee | tmEno* | |
| breast | mam* | |
| liver | mormo* | |
| water | ay* | |
| fire | sap* | |
| sun | kmemkatu* | |
| star | kn3kn3m* | |
| stone | ti* | |
| mountain | atrEm* | |
| tree | s3m* | |
| leaf | s3mamo* | |
| night | itu* | |
| dog | map* | |
| fish | ftap* | |
| louse | n3nim* | |
| one | mtEnE* | |
| two | asEr* | |
| I | nan* | |
| you | waw* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · guri1248 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · grx