Samo
Samo is an East Strickland language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Samo, also known as Daba, Nomad, and Supei, is a Trans–New Guinea language of New Guinea, spoken in the plains east of the Strickland River in Western Province of Papua New Guinea. It has switch-reference marking for the subject of a clause.
From Wikipedia · Samo language (New Guinea) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Samo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | sobo | |
| person | oso* | |
| name | huti* | |
| eye | hiowo* | |
| ear | duli* | |
| nose | mini* | |
| tooth | moyo* | |
| tongue | menEmani* | |
| hand | dEbE* | |
| blood | ayoo | |
| bone | kibi* | |
| skin | kolofu* | |
| knee | ibulu* | |
| breast | bu* | |
| water | họụ | |
| fire | dolo | |
| sun | oso* | |
| star | gosomoni* | |
| stone | yo* | |
| mountain | goufoda* | |
| tree | homane* | |
| leaf | dibi* | |
| night | gosi* | |
| dog | sofo* | |
| fish | dio* | |
| horse | hosi | |
| louse | ou* | |
| one | helenu* | |
| two | benau* | |
| I | a* |
* 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 · samo1303 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · smq