Sowanda
Sowanda is a Border language spoken in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
See it on the globeOpen in the family tree
Sowanda is a Papuan language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, with a couple hundred speakers in Indonesian Papua.
From Wikipedia · Sowanda language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Sowanda
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | owak* | |
| name | unha* | |
| eye | rugok* | |
| ear | oNgok* | |
| nose | bosok* | |
| tongue | melik* | |
| hand | neNgak* | |
| blood | tap* | |
| bone | kek* | |
| skin | lopok* | |
| knee | mokokek* | |
| breast | tot* | |
| water | poa* | |
| fire | sue* | |
| sun | okomba* | |
| star | bagimop* | |
| stone | xun* | |
| mountain | aigen* | |
| night | inaikim* | |
| dog | ure* | |
| fish | so* | |
| louse | kue* | |
| one | moNgoir* | |
| two | sambaga* | |
| I | koa* | |
| we | koanegelk* | |
| see | nukwokem* | |
| hear | egekep* | |
| die | merik* | |
| come | yoaNbogo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · sowa1245 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · sow