Pagi
Pagi is a Border language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Pagi, or Bembi, is a Papuan language spoken by 2,000 people in five villages in Sandaun Province and in Vanimo District of Papua New Guinea, near the border with Indonesian Papua.
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Words in Pagi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ekEnE* | |
| eye | dop* | |
| ear | yEplE* | |
| nose | p3p3l* | |
| tooth | loy* | |
| tongue | mEkE* | |
| hand | Calay* | |
| blood | mane* | |
| bone | Eli* | |
| skin | kopei* | |
| knee | n3mp3le* | |
| breast | tot* | |
| liver | wusap3ley* | |
| water | po* | |
| fire | su* | |
| sun | wo* | |
| star | muki* | |
| stone | luwo* | |
| mountain | ol* | |
| tree | ki* | |
| leaf | b3ley* | |
| night | psey* | |
| dog | wuk* | |
| fish | wat* | |
| louse | wukiou* | |
| one | baN* | |
| two | samp3la* | |
| I | ka* | |
| you | la* | |
| we | kawE* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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