Waruna
Waruna is a Suki-Gogodala language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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The Waruna language is a Papuan language of the New Guinea, spoken in a bend of the Fly River. It has 50% lexical similarity with Ari, its closest relative. It is spoken in the single village of Waruna in Gogodala Rural LLG.
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Words in Waruna
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | gagi* | |
| eye | tao* | |
| ear | wagi* | |
| nose | susuku* | |
| blood | kalima* | |
| bone | gosa* | |
| skin | kakara* | |
| knee | asiawa* | |
| breast | bu* | |
| liver | gwana* | |
| water | ogo* | |
| fire | awa* | |
| sun | kadepa* | |
| star | wikiwiki* | |
| stone | igosa* | |
| mountain | pokora* | |
| tree | gasa* | |
| leaf | igagi* | |
| night | aita* | |
| dog | soke* | |
| fish | mauka* | |
| louse | ami* | |
| one | kiriwo* | |
| two | saki* | |
| I | ne* | |
| you | e* | |
| we | se* | |
| drink | ogunida* | |
| come | pe* | |
| path | napi* |
* 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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