Saponi
bahasa Saponi
Saponi was a Lakes Plain language once spoken in Indonesia.
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Saponi is an extinct Papuan language of Indonesia.
It was spoken in Botawa village of Waropen Bawah Subdistrict in Waropen Regency. Woria is also spoken in Botawa village.
It shared half of its basic vocabulary with Rasawa language, but it is not clear that they were related. Saponi shared none of its pronouns with the Lakes Plain family that Rasawa is part of; indeed its basic pronouns mamire "I, we" and ba "thou" are reminiscent of proto–East Bird's Head *meme "we" and *ba "thou".
From Wikipedia · Saponi language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Saponi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nuworE* | |
| name | noriamoxora* | |
| eye | nuraiE* | |
| ear | nuxiare* | |
| nose | nuworE* | |
| tooth | nihErE* | |
| tongue | nurErE* | |
| hand | nuxoiE* | |
| blood | notei* | |
| bone | wawEr* | |
| skin | buwEjE* | |
| breast | tururei* | |
| liver | nueiweije* | |
| water | nɛⁱ-ɛ | |
| fire | tarE* | |
| sun | aurorEi* | |
| star | tarurE* | |
| mountain | irire* | |
| tree | kurE* | |
| leaf | uraiorE* | |
| night | jakaxabE* | |
| dog | kaxorE* | |
| fish | karorE* | |
| louse | wakirE* | |
| one | kiripEjE* | |
| two | kosErEi* | |
| I | mamirE* | |
| you | makirawo* | |
| we | mamirE* | |
| drink | oxawo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- RasawaLakes Plain11% alike
- Tomo Kan DogonDogon10% alike
- BialiAtlantic-Congo9% alike
- BabatanaAustronesian9% alike
- IkuluAtlantic-Congo8% alike
- Lele (Guinea)Mande8% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · sapo1254 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · spi