Yau-Nungon
Yau-Nungon is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Yau is one of the two major dialects of the Uruwa Language that is spoken by the Uruwa people. It is a Finisterre language of Papua New Guinea.
It is spoken in Boit, Boksawin, Komdaron, Sapmanga, Sapurong, Sindamon, and Sugan villages in Morobe Province. The Southern dialects are called Nungon or Nuon, and are spoken in the Kotet, Mitmit, Mup, Towet, Worin, and Yawan villages. The dialects are fairly equally divided among the 3,000 people that live in the Uruwa River valley.
The two major dialects are about 60-65% related based on shared vocabulary and don't have great clarity in understanding one another.
From Wikipedia · Yau language (Trans–New Guinea) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Yau-Nungon
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | oeamna* | |
| name | ma* | |
| eye | daan* | |
| ear | karaman* | |
| nose | taman* | |
| tooth | maan* | |
| hand | obu* | |
| blood | nogot | |
| bone | karat* | |
| skin | gip* | |
| knee | tuun* | |
| breast | mum* | |
| water | yamuk* | |
| fire | eepi* | |
| sun | iyep* | |
| stone | boroN* | |
| tree | ep* | |
| leaf | hagim* | |
| night | dombi* | |
| dog | hap* | |
| fish | araptop* | |
| louse | imun* | |
| one | iNgouk* | |
| two | yoi* | |
| I | nok* | |
| you | gok* | |
| we | non* | |
| see | a* | |
| hear | orom* | |
| die | omo* |
* 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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Elsewhere
Glottolog · yaum1237 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · yuw