Piame
Piame is a Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Piame, or Biami, is a Sepik language, which in 1988 was spoken in the village of Piame in northwestern Papua New Guinea.
From Wikipedia · Piame language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Piame
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | lali* | |
| name | pofe* | |
| eye | manana* | |
| ear | penia* | |
| nose | kalemi* | |
| tooth | bi7ei* | |
| tongue | salifei* | |
| hand | fafulu* | |
| blood | hasei* | |
| bone | pakala* | |
| skin | toku* | |
| knee | ete* | |
| breast | ane* | |
| liver | o* | |
| water | sa7i* | |
| fire | yei* | |
| sun | tonia* | |
| star | pa7i* | |
| stone | yaui* | |
| mountain | ofo* | |
| tree | mei* | |
| leaf | 7o* | |
| night | nubaio* | |
| dog | biso* | |
| fish | ene* | |
| louse | maniu* | |
| one | pi7ofi* | |
| two | lumeli* | |
| see | nihafkilinei* | |
| come | siawo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- NiksekSepik13% alike
- BahinemoSepik12% alike
- Kui (India)Dravidian11% alike
- Saniyo-HiyeweSepik11% alike
- SiawiAmto-Musan10% alike
- Youjiang ZhuangTai-Kadai10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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