Timbe
Timbe is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Timbe is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Women and older men are monolingual.
From Wikipedia · Timbe language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Timbe
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | kot* | |
| eye | dewun* | |
| ear | odop* | |
| nose | home* | |
| tooth | dot* | |
| tongue | elewot* | |
| hand | bot* | |
| blood | gilom* | |
| bone | hahit* | |
| skin | hok* | |
| knee | powut* | |
| breast | nam* | |
| water | tu | |
| sun | poiap* | |
| star | pituN* | |
| stone | kot* | |
| mountain | giboNe* | |
| tree | lowin* | |
| leaf | esen* | |
| night | hadok* | |
| dog | dua* | |
| louse | imen* | |
| one | konok* | |
| two | louwo* | |
| I | no* | |
| you | go* | |
| we | nen* | |
| see | nek* | |
| die | mo* | |
| come | gu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- SelepetNuclear Trans New Guinea60% alike
- KombaNuclear Trans New Guinea40% alike
- NabakNuclear Trans New Guinea19% alike
- MeseNuclear Trans New Guinea18% alike
- Burum-MindikNuclear Trans New Guinea15% alike
- Yau-NungonNuclear Trans New Guinea14% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · timb1251 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · tim