Usarufa
Usarufa is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Usarufa is a Kainantu language spoken by the people of the same name in Papua New Guinea. It belongs to the Gauwa branch of the Kainantu family of the Kainantu–Goroka languages. The language area consists of six villages: Moife, Imikori, Irafo, Kagu, Agura 1, and Agura 2. Its ISO 639 code is usa.
As of 2009, the language was reported to have had about 1,200 speakers and no fluent speakers below the age of 25, which makes it an endangered language.
From Wikipedia · Usarufa language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Usarufa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | na* | |
| name | wi* | |
| eye | ura* | |
| ear | arara* | |
| nose | i* | |
| tooth | waya* | |
| tongue | mabi* | |
| hand | ya* | |
| blood | nae* | |
| breast | na* | |
| liver | ru* | |
| water | iya* | |
| fire | ira* | |
| mountain | na* | |
| tree | ya* | |
| leaf | anama* | |
| night | noka* | |
| dog | wa* | |
| one | mora* | |
| two | ko* | |
| I | ke* | |
| you | e* | |
| we | ke* | |
| see | ona* | |
| hear | ko* | |
| die | puyo* | |
| come | yea* | |
| new | auge* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- AgarabiNuclear Trans New Guinea26% alike
- AwiyaanaNuclear Trans New Guinea25% alike
- Awa (Papua New Guinea)Nuclear Trans New Guinea22% alike
- GadsupNuclear Trans New Guinea18% alike
- SiwaiSouth Bougainville15% alike
- Soyaltepec MazatecOtomanguean15% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · usar1243 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · usa