Pele-Ata
Pele-Ata is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
The Ata language, also known as Pele-Ata after its two dialects, or Wasi, is a Papuan language spoken on New Britain island, Papua New Guinea. It appears to be related to neighboring Anêm, and possibly also to Yélî Dnye in a proposed Yele-West New Britain family. There are about 2000 speakers.
Ata is spoken in West Pomio-Mamusi Rural LLG, East New Britain Province, and in Talasea District, West New Britain Province.
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Words in Pele-Ata
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | sema | |
| person | aliku* | |
| name | uala* | |
| eye | ie* | |
| ear | saNali* | |
| nose | kusileli* | |
| tooth | ilan* | |
| tongue | levex* | |
| hand | avo* | |
| blood | sialuxu | |
| bone | xine* | |
| skin | vasime* | |
| knee | vo7uxu* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | e7ene* | |
| water | tubig | |
| fire | navu* | |
| sun | aso* | |
| star | oto* | |
| stone | lavo7o* | |
| mountain | laxa7ilu* | |
| tree | ainu* | |
| leaf | vaia* | |
| night | olovoxo* | |
| dog | a7a* | |
| fish | silaNa* | |
| louse | meni* | |
| one | vile* | |
| two | tamei* | |
| I | eni* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · pele1245 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · ata