Namla
bahasa Namla
Namla is a Namla-Tofanma language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Namla is a poorly documented Papuan language of Indonesia. It appears to be related to Tofanma, a neighboring language. It is spoken in Namla village, Senggi District, Keerom Regency.
Namla is close to extinction due to its being replaced by Tofanma and possibly also Papuan Malay.
From Wikipedia · Namla language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Namla
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | la* | |
| name | Ei* | |
| eye | lile* | |
| ear | wulonontake* | |
| nose | m3ndinta* | |
| tooth | d3m3nta* | |
| tongue | kaNkoku* | |
| blood | like* | |
| bone | nta* | |
| skin | pe* | |
| knee | nifi* | |
| breast | momu* | |
| liver | lisoh* | |
| water | nomu | |
| fire | wo* | |
| sun | n3mane* | |
| star | l3ntim* | |
| stone | sou* | |
| mountain | mbeklebi* | |
| tree | sukuisi* | |
| leaf | niNioku* | |
| night | m3nta* | |
| dog | n3No* | |
| fish | n3mokla* | |
| louse | ble* | |
| one | knono* | |
| two | nene* | |
| I | na* | |
| you | wuNgiknoko* | |
| we | mani* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- TofanmaNamla-Tofanma19% alike
- Southern MujiSino-Tibetan9% alike
- KutepAtlantic-Congo9% alike
- MelpaNuclear Trans New Guinea9% alike
- RiantanaKolopom9% alike
- Cypriot ArabicAfro-Asiatic9% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · naml1240 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · naa