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Taulil

Taulil is a Taulil-Butam language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Taulil · 4.4°S 152.1°E

Taulil is a Papuan language spoken in East New Britain Province on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

It is spoken in Kadaulung village of (4.452603°S 152.118398°E / -4.452603; 152.118398 (Kadaulung N0.2)) of Inland Baining Rural LLG, and in Taulil 1 (4.413301°S 152.092147°E / -4.413301; 152.092147 (Taulil No.1)) and Taulil 2 (4.419937°S 152.087372°E / -4.419937; 152.087372 (Taulil No.2)) villages of Vunadidir/Toma Rural LLG.

Butam (now extinct) is related. Like the Butam, the Taulil people trace their ancestry to New Ireland.

From Wikipedia · Taulil language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Taulil

MeaningWordRomanization
personmolimoli*
nameit3n*
eyeumi*
eart3m3k*
nosek3lom*
toothrat3n*
tonguekud3m*
handid3nok*
bloodk3b3r3k*
boneton*
skinv3t3*
kneetuk3m*
breastum3k*
liverb3lb3l*
waterioi*
fireturin*
sunv3nu*
stark3l3v3N3n*
stonetiv3n*
mountainb3r3n*
treenaN*
leafnaNboi*
nightvula*
dogk3vop*
fisha7en*
onet3g3ta*
twomuk3m*
INaN*
youNiN*
weudu*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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  • ButamTaulil-Butam73% alike
  • OloNuclear Torricelli73% alike
  • KariAtlantic-Congo73% alike
  • JjuAtlantic-Congo73% alike
  • PatepAustronesian72% alike
  • War-JaintiaAustroasiatic71% alike

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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