Tofanma
Tofanma is a Namla-Tofanma language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Tofanma or Tofamna is a poorly documented Papuan language of Indonesia. Wurm (1975) placed it as an independent branch of Trans–New Guinea, but Ross (2005) could not find enough evidence to classify it. It appears to be related to Namla, a neighboring language.
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Words in Tofanma
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | lE* | |
| name | amE* | |
| eye | yei* | |
| ear | kemblale* | |
| nose | minti* | |
| tooth | ntimi* | |
| tongue | kuNguku* | |
| blood | lEki* | |
| bone | nta* | |
| skin | kifaki* | |
| knee | kumpanta7* | |
| breast | mu* | |
| liver | lamlumpa7* | |
| water | mpasu* | |
| fire | ve* | |
| sun | yaku* | |
| star | linti* | |
| stone | k3lo* | |
| mountain | mpikli* | |
| tree | la* | |
| leaf | pEtE* | |
| night | tufuma* | |
| dog | wENgle* | |
| fish | t3kaklE* | |
| louse | mpili* | |
| one | k3n3nu* | |
| two | nEni* | |
| I | ne* | |
| you | wo* | |
| we | nukwE* |
* 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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