Urim
Urim is a Nuclear Torricelli language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Urim is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. It is also known as Kalp; dialects are Kukwo, Yangkolen. There is a grammatical description by Hemmilä and Luoma (2009).
From Wikipedia · Urim language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Urim
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mel* | |
| name | naN* | |
| eye | wulmpa* | |
| ear | nuNkulkg* | |
| nose | lim* | |
| tooth | oktelp* | |
| tongue | okmilip* | |
| hand | wam* | |
| blood | walmpopm | |
| bone | tupmuNkul* | |
| skin | num* | |
| knee | kilko* | |
| breast | ma* | |
| liver | walpm* | |
| water | huw | |
| fire | wakg* | |
| sun | takgni* | |
| stone | wes* | |
| mountain | tipminiN* | |
| tree | yo* | |
| leaf | hipm* | |
| night | miniN* | |
| dog | nimpa* | |
| fish | yul* | |
| louse | witnin* | |
| one | wris* | |
| two | wekg* | |
| I | kupm* | |
| you | kitn* | |
| we | mentepm* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Grammar
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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