Watam
Watam is a Ramu language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Marangis a.k.a. Watam is a Ramu language of Papua New Guinea. Like Bosmun, it shares a number of irregular plural markers with the Lower Sepik languages, supporting the proposal of a Ramu – Lower Sepik language family.
It is spoken in the two villages of:
Watam village, Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province (3.906592°S 144.545246°E / -3.906592; 144.545246 (Watam))
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Words in Watam
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| man | namot | |
| person | namot* | |
| name | wi* | |
| eye | nam3k* | |
| ear | ko3r* | |
| nose | Ngum* | |
| tooth | dak3i* | |
| tongue | mi* | |
| hand | p3ros* | |
| blood | rump* | |
| bone | gag3r* | |
| skin | njin* | |
| knee | tutup* | |
| breast | mur* | |
| liver | bEbk* | |
| water | arum* | |
| fire | s3k* | |
| sun | n3v* | |
| star | gui* | |
| stone | yout* | |
| mountain | s3k3riN* | |
| tree | padaN* | |
| leaf | rap3r* | |
| night | nupnupudin* | |
| dog | kiau* | |
| fish | siN* | |
| louse | aim* | |
| one | k3kubi* | |
| two | boini* | |
| I | y3k* |
* 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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Elsewhere
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