Waskia
Waskia is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Waskia (Vaskia, Woskia) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken on half of Karkar Island, and a small part of the shore on the mainland, by 20,000 people; language use is vigorous. The Waskia share their island with speakers of Takia, an Oceanic language which has been restructured under the influence of Waskia, which is the inter-community language. Waskia has been documented extensively by Malcolm Ross and is being further researched by Andrew Pick.
Waskia is spoken in Tokain (4.715575°S 145.633995°E / -4.715575; 145.633995 (Tokain)), a village in Malas ward, Sumgilbar Rural LLG on the coast of mainland New Guinea, and on Karkar Island, with the island and mainland varieties being lexically divergent from each other.
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Words in Waskia
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kadimet* | |
| name | nup* | |
| eye | motam* | |
| ear | de* | |
| nose | kamuru* | |
| tooth | kore* | |
| tongue | kamilik* | |
| hand | kamuN* | |
| blood | gue | |
| bone | kutiN* | |
| skin | kimik* | |
| knee | sidebaN* | |
| breast | amin* | |
| liver | naurdugulak* | |
| water | yu | |
| fire | tama* | |
| sun | odem* | |
| star | baras* | |
| stone | maNa* | |
| mountain | baren* | |
| tree | tam* | |
| leaf | sigenaN* | |
| night | baNia* | |
| dog | kausik* | |
| fish | wal* | |
| louse | nana* | |
| one | itoketa* | |
| two | itelala* | |
| I | ane* | |
| you | ni* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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