Tokano
Tokano is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Tokano is a Trans–New Guinea language spoken by approximately 6,000 people in Lower Asaro Rural LLG, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. It is also known as Gamuso, Tokama, Yufiyufa, Zaka, Zuhozuho, and Zuhuzuho.
There are currently few publications. A collection of folk tales translated by John Guhise was produced by SIL in 1977, and there are also portions of the Bible available in Tokano.
From Wikipedia · Tokano language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Tokano
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ve* | |
| name | xuliva* | |
| eye | vela* | |
| ear | xala* | |
| nose | xola* | |
| tooth | velamuza* | |
| tongue | velaxuluma* | |
| hand | xizana* | |
| blood | vanisa* | |
| bone | amuza* | |
| skin | uka7na* | |
| knee | umala* | |
| breast | amina* | |
| water | nosa* | |
| fire | lo7* | |
| sun | ho7* | |
| star | so7nohi* | |
| stone | xehana* | |
| mountain | xola* | |
| tree | za* | |
| leaf | avila* | |
| night | holuka* | |
| dog | xula* | |
| fish | laha* | |
| louse | silima* | |
| one | ha7moko* | |
| two | sita7* | |
| I | naza7neve* | |
| drink | nosanonave* | |
| see | nonika* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · toka1244 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · zuh