Pinai-Hagahai
Pinai-Hagahai is a Piawi language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Hagahai, also known as Pinai, is one of two languages of the Piawi family of New Guinea.
Speakers in Enga Province use the name Pinai for all Pinai-Hagahai speakers. Those in Madang use Hagahai, at least for themselves. Exonyms include Wapi and Miamia in Enga and Aramo in Haruai.
Dialects are divergent, but speakers have a common identity.
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Words in Pinai-Hagahai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | mEi* | |
| eye | m3mEji* | |
| ear | yEnuaj3* | |
| nose | nauNasi* | |
| tooth | adZuab3* | |
| tongue | tsuE* | |
| hand | 5aubu* | |
| blood | geya* | |
| bone | yodu* | |
| skin | r3xa* | |
| breast | au* | |
| water | gu* | |
| fire | 5abu* | |
| sun | r3ma* | |
| star | guu* | |
| stone | rig3* | |
| mountain | maXu* | |
| tree | m3na* | |
| leaf | m3nhana* | |
| night | sEnobia* | |
| dog | wE5a* | |
| louse | n3ma* | |
| one | yorod3* | |
| two | yandErimi* | |
| I | n3ga* | |
| you | naga* | |
| see | gwa* | |
| hear | yeram* | |
| die | mow3* | |
| come | yEmod3* |
* 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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Glottolog · pina1252 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · pnn