Purari
Purari 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.
Purari (Namau) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.
From Wikipedia · Purari language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Purari
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | a7a* | |
| name | noe* | |
| eye | inamu* | |
| ear | keporo* | |
| nose | pina* | |
| tooth | ni7iri* | |
| tongue | anae* | |
| hand | eve* | |
| blood | aro* | |
| bone | la7aro* | |
| skin | kape* | |
| knee | ariepu* | |
| breast | ame* | |
| liver | mokono* | |
| water | ere | |
| fire | iau* | |
| sun | lare* | |
| star | ropo* | |
| stone | rore* | |
| mountain | akapu* | |
| tree | iri* | |
| leaf | o* | |
| night | kipere* | |
| dog | oroko* | |
| fish | ina* | |
| louse | kaeri7i* | |
| one | monou* | |
| two | le7eo* | |
| I | nai* | |
| you | ni* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- SausiNuclear Trans New Guinea14% alike
- Loloda-LabaNorth Halmahera11% alike
- WorodougouMande10% alike
- SharanahuaPano-Tacanan10% alike
- Tiemacèwè BozoMande9% alike
- Urali of IdukkiDravidian9% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · pura1257 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · iar