Ouma
Ouma was an Austronesian language once spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Ouma is an extinct Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea. It was restructured through contact with neighboring Papuan languages, and it turn influencing them, before speakers shifted to those languages.
From Wikipedia · Ouma language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Ouma
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | ara* | |
| eye | maha* | |
| ear | ta7a* | |
| nose | rua* | |
| tooth | ma7a* | |
| tongue | goba* | |
| hand | ima* | |
| blood | rara* | |
| bone | tu7a* | |
| skin | opi* | |
| knee | giba* | |
| breast | bo7u* | |
| liver | areme* | |
| water | a7ama* | |
| fire | arova* | |
| sun | budiva* | |
| star | taura* | |
| stone | baga* | |
| mountain | oro7u* | |
| tree | au* | |
| leaf | bege* | |
| night | garu* | |
| dog | da7ari* | |
| fish | orabe* | |
| louse | tuma* | |
| one | ohabu* | |
| two | a7i* | |
| I | au* | |
| you | oni* | |
| we | ita* |
* 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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