Päri
Päri is a Nilotic language spoken in South Sudan.
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Päri is a Luo language of South Sudan. Päri has been claimed to have ergative alignment, which is rare-to-nonexistent in African languages, although recent descriptions of the language have instead described the case system as marked nominative (nominative–absolutive).
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Words in Päri
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | dhanho* | |
| name | 5iN* | |
| eye | waN* | |
| ear | ith* | |
| nose | um* | |
| tooth | leo* | |
| tongue | lep* | |
| hand | CiNo* | |
| blood | rimo* | |
| bone | Co* | |
| skin | del* | |
| knee | CuN* | |
| water | pi* | |
| fire | maC* | |
| sun | CaN* | |
| star | Ciero* | |
| stone | kidi* | |
| mountain | kidi* | |
| tree | yath* | |
| leaf | bogo* | |
| dog | gwok* | |
| fish | reo* | |
| one | aCyelo* | |
| two | aryo* | |
| I | ani* | |
| you | unu* | |
| we | oni* | |
| drink | math* | |
| see | neno* | |
| hear | wi5yi* |
* 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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