Walman
Walman is a Nuclear Torricelli language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Walman (or Valman) is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. Matthew S. Dryer and Lea Brown of the University at Buffalo are currently writing a grammar of Walman. They have also published a paper showing that the word for 'and' in Walman that connects two nouns (as in "John and Mary") is actually a verb, with the first conjunct as subject and the second conjunct as object.
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Words in Walman
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kama5* | |
| name | lasi* | |
| eye | Cku3l* | |
| ear | mku3l* | |
| nose | 5mEyki* | |
| tooth | ayakol* | |
| tongue | NEli3* | |
| hand | wi* | |
| blood | kalway* | |
| bone | amuNko* | |
| skin | kakol* | |
| knee | kampotu* | |
| breast | 5imi5* | |
| liver | saykil* | |
| water | wul* | |
| fire | 5i* | |
| sun | Na5* | |
| star | 5muto* | |
| stone | tomu3l* | |
| mountain | olokol* | |
| tree | 5upolo* | |
| leaf | kal* | |
| night | kon* | |
| dog | pElEn* | |
| fish | wu3m* | |
| louse | 5mulol* | |
| one | No* | |
| two | wiEy* | |
| I | kum* | |
| you | Ci* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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- YeriNuclear Torricelli19% alike
- AgiNuclear Torricelli15% alike
- Yangum DeyNuclear Torricelli12% alike
- SiliputNuclear Torricelli10% alike
- Yangum MonNuclear Torricelli10% alike
- EitiepNuclear Torricelli9% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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