Saruga
Saruga is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Saruga is a Madang language of Papua New Guinea.
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Words in Saruga
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | pina* | |
| eye | amu* | |
| ear | dah* | |
| nose | nomah* | |
| tongue | nim3ru* | |
| blood | ti* | |
| bone | epe* | |
| skin | gara* | |
| knee | tova* | |
| liver | gam* | |
| water | zi* | |
| fire | upa* | |
| sun | usi* | |
| star | piruma* | |
| mountain | fafE* | |
| tree | aima* | |
| night | otom3gu* | |
| dog | p3y* | |
| fish | Enuga* | |
| louse | mi* | |
| one | nunugata* | |
| two | arEta* | |
| I | saga* | |
| you | n3ga* | |
| we | iga* | |
| see | iti* | |
| hear | do* | |
| die | ma* | |
| come | sE* | |
| path | ihu* |
* 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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