Sop
Sop is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Sop (also Sob, Usino) is a Rai Coast language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea by approximately 2,500 people.
The Sob language has been labelled under several different names. Among the names are Usino, Usina, Sopu, and Igoi. Usino is the name of one of the villages and the name used for the government station. The speakers of this language do not recognize the name Usino as a name for their language, but use the endonym Sob.
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Words in Sop
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | wEnim* | |
| eye | ENgE* | |
| ear | kagub* | |
| nose | nuru* | |
| tooth | m3ga* | |
| tongue | meimei* | |
| blood | k3g* | |
| bone | nikana* | |
| skin | mubo* | |
| knee | t3b3p* | |
| breast | EbE* | |
| liver | g3m3* | |
| water | y3g* | |
| fire | kEb* | |
| sun | sida* | |
| star | kEnEm* | |
| stone | kEgEmkENgiam* | |
| mountain | gir* | |
| night | gituo* | |
| dog | m3m* | |
| fish | wasE* | |
| louse | mi* | |
| one | guranata* | |
| two | akhuru* | |
| I | yE* | |
| you | n3* | |
| we | sin* | |
| see | kogo* | |
| hear | Es* | |
| die | kum* |
* 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 · sopp1247 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · urw