Sepik Iwam
Sepik Iwam is a Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Sepik Iwam, or Yawenian, is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is the lexical basis of the Hauna trade pidgin.
It is spoken in villages such as Iniok (4.291°S 142.01°E / -4.291; 142.01 (Iniok)) in Tunap/Hunstein Rural LLG of East Sepik Province.
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Words in Sepik Iwam
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kam* | |
| name | in3k* | |
| eye | hnona* | |
| ear | wun* | |
| nose | homos* | |
| tooth | bikm3n* | |
| tongue | koriai* | |
| hand | 3na* | |
| blood | ne* | |
| bone | k3u* | |
| skin | p3u* | |
| knee | oanio* | |
| breast | mui* | |
| liver | kuw3n* | |
| water | op* | |
| fire | pai* | |
| sun | b3i* | |
| star | nauwun* | |
| stone | sia* | |
| mountain | m3u* | |
| tree | pai* | |
| leaf | ko* | |
| night | nebobo* | |
| dog | ura* | |
| fish | anasu* | |
| louse | hn3n* | |
| one | woruwa* | |
| two | wos* | |
| I | ka* | |
| you | ko* |
* 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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