Paluai
Paluai is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Baluan-Pam is an Oceanic language of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken on Baluan Island and on nearby Pam Island. The number of speakers, according to the latest estimate based on the 2000 Census, is 2,000. Speakers on Baluan Island prefer to refer to their language with its native name Paluai.
The language is of the agglutinating type with comparatively little productive morphology. Basic constituent order is subject–verb–object (SVO).
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Words in Paluai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | Naian* | |
| eye | mat* | |
| ear | laliN* | |
| nose | bwiyut* | |
| tooth | lip* | |
| tongue | gaime* | |
| hand | galo* | |
| bone | baraii* | |
| skin | mwiai* | |
| knee | buluge* | |
| breast | nusun* | |
| liver | garen* | |
| water | wei | |
| fire | yep* | |
| star | yewyew* | |
| stone | yai* | |
| leaf | y3bingei* | |
| night | bin* | |
| dog | gamo* | |
| fish | nik* | |
| louse | sumwew* | |
| one | sip* | |
| two | yue* | |
| I | Na* | |
| you | ou* | |
| we | hep* | |
| drink | yin* | |
| see | niN* | |
| hear | yoN* | |
| die | mat* |
* 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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