Wahgi
Wahgi is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Wahgi is a Trans–New Guinea language of the Chimbu–Wahgi branch spoken by approximately 100,000 people in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Like other Chimbu languages, Wahgi has some unusual lateral consonants.
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Words in Wahgi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | yi* | |
| name | embem* | |
| eye | duL* | |
| ear | komeL* | |
| nose | Numb* | |
| tooth | gupemuN* | |
| tongue | a5mbiL* | |
| hand | aNeL* | |
| blood | miam* | |
| bone | embeLem* | |
| skin | Nanj* | |
| breast | am* | |
| liver | kaimb* | |
| water | noL* | |
| fire | dop* | |
| sun | e5e* | |
| star | kanjip* | |
| stone | ku* | |
| mountain | komeN* | |
| tree | ond* | |
| leaf | auL* | |
| night | emilpande* | |
| dog | tu* | |
| fish | buLbaL* | |
| louse | numan* | |
| one | endi* | |
| two | taL* | |
| I | na* | |
| you | nim* | |
| we | kinim* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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