Siane
Siane is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea, by about 29 thousand people.
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Siane (Siani) is a Papuan language spoken in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Siane Rural LLG and other neighbouring local-level government areas of Papua New Guinea.
Named dialects are Hakoa, Kolepa, Yamofowe, Komongu, Komoigaleka, Kemanimowe, Ona, Keto, Laiya, Fowe, Olumba, Lambau, Alango, Yandime, Wando. Komongu and Lambau are the literary standards.
Like many Papuan languages, Siane has a register tone system.
From Wikipedia · Siane language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Siane
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | weeneena* | |
| name | kuliya* | |
| eye | omuna* | |
| ear | kala* | |
| nose | kola* | |
| tooth | auma* | |
| tongue | kuluma* | |
| hand | ana* | |
| blood | wanu* | |
| bone | auma* | |
| skin | atuwa* | |
| knee | umola* | |
| breast | amina* | |
| liver | muluna* | |
| water | no | |
| fire | yo* | |
| sun | fo* | |
| star | ukulu* | |
| stone | kifana* | |
| mountain | mowa* | |
| tree | ya* | |
| leaf | aila* | |
| night | luwaila* | |
| dog | kula* | |
| fish | laefa* | |
| louse | neema* | |
| one | lawoko* | |
| two | lele* | |
| I | namo* | |
| you | kamo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · sian1257 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · snp