Siar-Lak
Siar-Lak is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Siar, also known as Lak, Lamassa, or Likkilikki, is an Austronesian language spoken in New Ireland Province in the southern island point of Papua New Guinea. Lak is in the Patpatar-Tolai sub-group, which then falls under the New Ireland-Tolai group in the Western Oceanic language, a sub-group within the Austronesian family. The Siar people keep themselves sustained and nourished by fishing and gardening. The native people call their language ep warwar anun dat, which means 'our language'.
From Wikipedia · Siar-Lak language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Siar-Lak
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | fain | |
| person | baranmomol* | |
| name | risen* | |
| eye | matan* | |
| ear | peleNan* | |
| nose | kabusun* | |
| tooth | Nisen* | |
| tongue | karmayan* | |
| hand | liman* | |
| blood | silik* | |
| bone | sur* | |
| skin | papalin* | |
| breast | molosin* | |
| liver | kat* | |
| water | malum* | |
| fire | iah* | |
| star | naNnaN* | |
| stone | fat* | |
| leaf | pakan* | |
| night | buN* | |
| dog | pol* | |
| fish | sis* | |
| louse | ut* | |
| one | tik* | |
| two | iru* | |
| I | iau* | |
| you | anitol* | |
| drink | gaN* | |
| see | re* | |
| hear | loNrai* |
* 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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Elsewhere
Glottolog · siar1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · sjr