Tabriak
Tabriak is a Lower Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Tabriak, also known as Karawari or Yokoim, is one of the Lower Sepik languages of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in 9 villages near Chambri in Karawari Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
A Tabriak Talking Dictionary was produced by Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
From Wikipedia · Tabriak language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Tabriak
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | akumbabaym* | |
| name | wiminakiy3naka7* | |
| eye | NquluN* | |
| ear | kwandukhas* | |
| nose | yipin* | |
| tooth | sisEn* | |
| tongue | mamiyiN* | |
| hand | yaNq3li* | |
| blood | yay* | |
| bone | taNgun* | |
| skin | al3m* | |
| knee | yimbunakharim* | |
| breast | ndzay* | |
| liver | minth3kh3m* | |
| water | arɨm | |
| fire | awi* | |
| sun | simEli* | |
| star | suNguintsirEn* | |
| stone | mEme* | |
| mountain | yimbuk* | |
| tree | yuwan* | |
| leaf | yimbulum* | |
| night | wi* | |
| dog | wiya* | |
| fish | am3N* | |
| louse | yibolokhui* | |
| one | mbEn* | |
| two | k3lipe* | |
| I | ama7* | |
| drink | minamgam* |
* 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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