Uri
Uri is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Uri (Urii), or Erap, is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea.
From Wikipedia · Uri language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Uri
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ami* | |
| name | w3pni* | |
| eye | dEni* | |
| ear | magini* | |
| nose | kiniNni* | |
| tongue | m3bEmni* | |
| hand | k3foNni* | |
| blood | amani* | |
| bone | k3tili* | |
| skin | giknim* | |
| knee | mindap* | |
| breast | m3m3mni* | |
| liver | subani* | |
| water | ama | |
| fire | kudip* | |
| sun | m3j3m* | |
| star | b3m* | |
| stone | uniNkim* | |
| mountain | bubo* | |
| tree | firi* | |
| night | tim* | |
| dog | kug3N* | |
| louse | tumuN* | |
| one | kubinik* | |
| two | f3ma7* | |
| I | n3g3* | |
| you | gu* | |
| we | indi* | |
| see | napgu* | |
| die | kumogu* |
* 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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Elsewhere
Glottolog · urii1240 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · uvh