Wiarumus
Wiarumus is a Nuclear Torricelli language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Wiarumus, or Mandi, is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea, spoken in a village of just under 500. Only those villagers born before ca. 1940 can speak it. It is spoken in the Mandi village (3.615291°S 143.726763°E / -3.615291; 143.726763 (Mandi)), Turubu Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
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Words in Wiarumus
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Nanjin* | |
| eye | lapi* | |
| ear | tombwa* | |
| nose | mand* | |
| tooth | saw* | |
| tongue | 5alukw3* | |
| hand | yuwa* | |
| blood | kwosEneika* | |
| bone | waNgiEm* | |
| skin | Ngolom* | |
| knee | kwaiba* | |
| breast | mE5* | |
| liver | mEynti* | |
| water | wiy3* | |
| fire | wond* | |
| sun | yEmp* | |
| star | Ngway* | |
| stone | wiyEt* | |
| mountain | siyEl* | |
| tree | 5Em* | |
| leaf | ndoma* | |
| night | kapEr* | |
| dog | yimbakEl* | |
| fish | koropa* | |
| louse | pwisya* | |
| one | tara* | |
| two | 5eif* | |
| I | Na* | |
| you | nu* | |
| we | Nam* |
* 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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