Odiai
Odiai 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.
The Busa language, also known as Odiai (Uriai), is spoken in three hamlets of northwestern Papua New Guinea. There were 244 speakers at the time of the 2000 census. One of the hamlets where Busa is spoken is Busa (3.837112°S 141.440227°E / -3.837112; 141.440227 (Busa)) in Rawei ward, Green River Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.
Busa speakers are in extensive trade and cultural contact with Yadë, a distantly related language spoken in six villages to the north of the Busa area.
From Wikipedia · Busa language (Papuan) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Odiai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nutu* | |
| eye | dina7* | |
| ear | dina7* | |
| nose | weti7* | |
| tooth | uti* | |
| tongue | nag3la7* | |
| hand | tomu7* | |
| blood | au* | |
| bone | iba7* | |
| skin | elEna7* | |
| knee | dumna* | |
| breast | na* | |
| liver | muna* | |
| water | í | |
| fire | iba7* | |
| sun | ni* | |
| star | titibi7* | |
| stone | bido* | |
| mountain | abo7* | |
| tree | da* | |
| leaf | yida7* | |
| night | warumwo* | |
| dog | nali* | |
| fish | dabE7* | |
| louse | amo7* | |
| one | otutu* | |
| two | tinana7* | |
| I | mu* | |
| you | am* | |
| we | mi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- VaglaAtlantic-Congo14% alike
- Okpe (Southwestern Edo)Atlantic-Congo11% alike
- BialiAtlantic-Congo11% alike
- Northern ToussianAtlantic-Congo10% alike
- ChalaAtlantic-Congo10% alike
- KutepAtlantic-Congo10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · odia1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bhf