Telefol
Telefol is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Telefol is a language spoken by the Telefol people in Papua New Guinea, notable for possessing a base-27 numeral system.
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Words in Telefol
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tanum* | |
| name | win* | |
| eye | tin* | |
| ear | tulun* | |
| nose | mitum* | |
| tooth | sitkun* | |
| tongue | foN* | |
| hand | sagal* | |
| blood | isak* | |
| bone | kun* | |
| skin | kal* | |
| knee | katun* | |
| breast | muk* | |
| liver | in* | |
| water | ok* | |
| fire | attogol* | |
| sun | atan* | |
| star | biniNok* | |
| stone | tum* | |
| mountain | kafinmuk* | |
| tree | at* | |
| leaf | atkon* | |
| night | mililip* | |
| dog | kayam* | |
| fish | aniN* | |
| louse | tim* | |
| one | magup* | |
| two | alop* | |
| I | niyo* | |
| you | kubo* |
* 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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