Samarokena
bahasa Samarkena
Samarokena is a Greater Kwerba language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Samarokena (Samarkena, Karfasia, Tamaja ~ Tamaya) is a poorly documented Papuan language spoken in Indonesian Papua.
Samarokena is spoken in Karfasia, Maseb, Samarkena, and Tamaya villages.
Wurm (1975) linked it to the Kwerba languages, but Ross (2005) could not find enough evidence to classify it. Donahue (2002) found that the pronouns correspond closely to those of Airoran, though both are divergent from the Kwerba languages of the interior.
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Words in Samarokena
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | anak* | |
| name | sita* | |
| eye | nubia* | |
| ear | matimia* | |
| nose | nokwoika* | |
| tooth | puna7* | |
| tongue | piara* | |
| hand | yana* | |
| blood | komisia* | |
| skin | kor3ma* | |
| knee | hobisiakaka* | |
| breast | mema7* | |
| water | bipihina | |
| fire | Esira* | |
| sun | harisia* | |
| star | kom3ta* | |
| stone | owEta* | |
| mountain | tikinEhEma* | |
| tree | ahafa* | |
| leaf | tawarama* | |
| night | kitimi3s* | |
| dog | nibia* | |
| fish | tam3ta* | |
| one | noha* | |
| two | EnEt3* | |
| drink | hobehin* | |
| die | awobuda* | |
| path | nahara* |
* 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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