Unubahe
Unubahe is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Unubahe (Unuba'e) is a nearly extinct Oceanic language spoken at the southeastern tip of Papua New Guinea. Although a few children speak it, in 2001 there was only one married couple who both spoke the language.
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Words in Unubahe
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | lowo* | |
| name | iso* | |
| eye | moto* | |
| ear | beo* | |
| nose | isu* | |
| tooth | mo7o* | |
| tongue | meno* | |
| hand | nima* | |
| blood | wosino* | |
| bone | sili7e* | |
| skin | wohe* | |
| knee | tuli* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | ote* | |
| water | ho7o* | |
| fire | etuolono* | |
| sun | mohono* | |
| star | kipolo* | |
| stone | go7emo* | |
| mountain | tu7o* | |
| tree | etu* | |
| leaf | luguno* | |
| night | woduwodugo* | |
| dog | wo7o* | |
| fish | kwomo* | |
| louse | tumo* | |
| one | omo7o* | |
| two | lugo* | |
| I | you* | |
| you | uni* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · unub1234 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · unu