Sgi Bara
Sgi Bara is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Sgi Bara (Jilim) is a Rai Coast language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea in the northwestern foothills of the Finisterre Range, near Astrolabe Bay. The language’s speakers, who probably number around 700, primarily live in the three villages of Albu, Dumbu, and Jilim. Communities in northern Papua New Guinea have been shifting to Tok Pisin for decades.
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Words in Sgi Bara
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | hoxom* | |
| eye | agim* | |
| ear | kaNsap* | |
| nose | ciciNgur* | |
| tooth | m3* | |
| tongue | EN* | |
| blood | Cig3lub* | |
| bone | Nondom* | |
| skin | kom* | |
| knee | thru* | |
| breast | wil* | |
| water | y3* | |
| fire | kim* | |
| sun | kumoN* | |
| star | pinaNgEr* | |
| stone | m3nu* | |
| mountain | suNur* | |
| tree | yom* | |
| night | kulub* | |
| dog | mam* | |
| fish | kamam* | |
| louse | mi5i* | |
| one | gid* | |
| two | lil* | |
| I | yi* | |
| you | ni* | |
| we | sigi* | |
| see | wul* | |
| hear | isi* | |
| die | kum* |
* 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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Glottolog · jili1241 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · jil