Tifal
Tifal is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Tifal is an Ok language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Tifal (Tifalmin), Urap (Urapmin) and Atbal (Atbalmin).
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Words in Tifal
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | unaNkinum* | |
| name | win* | |
| eye | tin* | |
| ear | tilaNal* | |
| nose | mutum* | |
| tooth | kil* | |
| tongue | filaN* | |
| hand | sikil* | |
| blood | ilem* | |
| bone | kun* | |
| skin | ibnal* | |
| knee | tilik* | |
| breast | muk* | |
| liver | in* | |
| water | ok* | |
| fire | as* | |
| sun | atan* | |
| star | wakalum* | |
| stone | tum* | |
| mountain | amdu* | |
| tree | as* | |
| leaf | askon* | |
| night | kutamib* | |
| dog | kayam* | |
| fish | aniN* | |
| louse | tim* | |
| one | makub* | |
| two | aleb* | |
| I | na* | |
| you | kab* |
* 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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