Tami
Tami is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Tami is an Austronesian language on the Tami Islands and in a few villages at the tip of the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. It is not closely related to the other Huon Gulf languages, but like other North New Guinea languages in Morobe Province, its basic word order is subject–verb–object (SVO).
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Words in Tami
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tamala* | |
| name | it* | |
| eye | motanlu* | |
| ear | aleNanlau* | |
| nose | nusiNgut* | |
| tooth | nonpu7* | |
| tongue | kawaniamal* | |
| hand | neman* | |
| blood | dal* | |
| bone | katukatuk* | |
| skin | kaokul* | |
| knee | kinapa7* | |
| breast | sut* | |
| liver | kakat* | |
| water | lan* | |
| fire | ya7* | |
| sun | kat* | |
| star | biti* | |
| stone | pa7* | |
| mountain | gbau* | |
| tree | kai* | |
| leaf | lau* | |
| night | buN* | |
| dog | koun* | |
| louse | tum* | |
| one | taitu* | |
| two | lu* | |
| I | yau* | |
| you | kom* | |
| we | git* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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