Wutung
Wutung is a Sko language spoken in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, by about 900 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Wutung (Udung), Musu, and Nyao, are dialects of an unnamed Skou language of Papua New Guinea. They are spoken in Bewani/Wutung Onei Rural LLG of Sandaun Province and in Jayapura, province of Papua, Indonesia. They each take their name from the village in which they are spoken.
Sangke and the languages of several other villages of the interior are reported to be similar, and may be dialects.
Tok Pisin and English are widely spoken in the area, and many Wutung people speak Indonesian too.
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Words in Wutung
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | teba* | |
| name | pati* | |
| eye | hroto* | |
| ear | klude* | |
| nose | nawe* | |
| tooth | keN* | |
| tongue | mro* | |
| hand | noku* | |
| blood | hije* | |
| bone | e* | |
| skin | ma* | |
| knee | nabo* | |
| breast | no* | |
| water | tya | |
| fire | heya* | |
| sun | na* | |
| star | ho* | |
| stone | kwaNhu* | |
| mountain | vli* | |
| tree | he* | |
| leaf | hiy* | |
| night | hetoN* | |
| dog | naki* | |
| fish | mú | |
| louse | fi* | |
| one | ova* | |
| two | 5imu* | |
| I | ni* | |
| you | me* | |
| we | ne* |
* 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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