Olo
Olo is a Nuclear Torricelli language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Olo (Orlei) is a non-Austronesian, Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. The language is spoken in 55 villages, from the Aitape Township (north) to the Sandaun Province (south), and is at risk of going extinct. Olo is believed to be a Goal Oriented Activation language, meaning the speaker chooses their words with an idea of what they are trying to achieve with the listener in mind; this has been labeled as referential theory. Referential theory has been divided into four groupings, all of which come with disadvantages, recency, episodes, prominence, and memorial activation.
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Words in Olo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | moːto | |
| person | metine* | |
| name | naNge* | |
| eye | lutepe* | |
| ear | miNgi* | |
| nose | mi* | |
| tooth | nilpe* | |
| tongue | noni* | |
| hand | Eti* | |
| blood | teluwi* | |
| bone | emiNgo* | |
| skin | topo* | |
| knee | yamke* | |
| breast | nimer* | |
| liver | pale* | |
| water | tepe | |
| fire | weli* | |
| sun | epli* | |
| star | tauru* | |
| stone | arau* | |
| mountain | orou* | |
| tree | nimpe* | |
| leaf | youti* | |
| night | mulpou* | |
| dog | pele* | |
| fish | ni* | |
| louse | nimim* | |
| one | niliye* | |
| two | wiNges* | |
| I | ki* |
* 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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Elsewhere
Glottolog · oloo1241 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · ong