Yambes
Yambes is a Nuclear Torricelli language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Yambes is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea spoken mostly by older adults. There is little data to classify it, and it is therefore left unclassified within Torricelli by Malcolm Ross (2005). Dryer (2024), as cited in Drinfield (2024), classifies it as a Kombioic language.
It is spoken in Yambes village (3.545596°S 142.746582°E / -3.545596; 142.746582 (Yambes 1)) of Dreikikier Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
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Words in Yambes
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mEhlipmiN* | |
| name | 5al* | |
| eye | 5ambep* | |
| ear | taiNkip* | |
| nose | mip* | |
| tooth | naip* | |
| tongue | tukNulitni* | |
| hand | tah* | |
| blood | 5iNkop* | |
| bone | liNkEp* | |
| skin | sul* | |
| knee | yEhkNum* | |
| breast | 5umuap* | |
| liver | 5umpaip* | |
| water | simpep* | |
| fire | 5i* | |
| sun | awun* | |
| star | Camasum* | |
| stone | yekNen* | |
| mountain | simbilh* | |
| tree | luN* | |
| leaf | sup* | |
| night | nom* | |
| dog | 5imboaN* | |
| fish | yokNin* | |
| louse | 5umukNun* | |
| one | liC* | |
| two | wiyep* | |
| I | ap* | |
| you | yik* |
* 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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