Sissano
Sissano is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Sissano is an Austronesian language spoken by at most a few hundred people around Sissano in West Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. 4,800 speakers were reported in 1990, but the 1998 tsunami wiped out most of the population.
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Words in Sissano
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | tamein | |
| person | nilamat* | |
| name | a7an* | |
| eye | talaku3n* | |
| ear | tanerapon* | |
| nose | u3n* | |
| tooth | 7ali3n* | |
| tongue | wali3n* | |
| hand | awenlapan* | |
| blood | tani* | |
| bone | tawun* | |
| skin | alin* | |
| breast | tus* | |
| water | rain | |
| fire | ateN* | |
| star | ulai* | |
| stone | at* | |
| leaf | roN* | |
| night | poN* | |
| dog | aun* | |
| fish | peL* | |
| louse | uk* | |
| one | pontenen* | |
| two | entin* | |
| I | ya* | |
| you | om* | |
| we | et* | |
| drink | eN* | |
| see | takniau* | |
| hear | taklon* |
* 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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