Yetfa
bahasa Biaksi
Yetfa is a language isolate spoken in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Yetfa and Biksi (Biaksi; Inisine) are dialects of a language spoken in Jetfa District, Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia, and across the border in Papua New Guinea. It is a trade language spoken in Western New Guinea up to the PNG border.
According to Hammarström (2008), it is being passed on to children and is not in immediate danger.
From Wikipedia · Biksi-Yetfa language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Yetfa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nam* | |
| eye | i* | |
| ear | wal* | |
| nose | ndor* | |
| tooth | rwa* | |
| tongue | mor* | |
| hand | faul* | |
| blood | ndwal* | |
| bone | pan* | |
| skin | tol* | |
| knee | sou* | |
| breast | num* | |
| liver | yomEmp* | |
| water | kel | |
| fire | yau* | |
| sun | m3lEl* | |
| star | la* | |
| stone | t3koup* | |
| mountain | lab* | |
| tree | yau* | |
| leaf | may* | |
| night | al3mar* | |
| dog | say* | |
| fish | ndam* | |
| louse | nim* | |
| one | k3sa* | |
| two | ndyEsEl* | |
| I | 5a* | |
| you | pa* | |
| we | nana* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Yocoboué DidaKru14% alike
- MurkimLepki-Murkim-Kembra12% alike
- KombaNuclear Trans New Guinea11% alike
- Wagi (Papua New Guinea)Nuclear Trans New Guinea10% alike
- EmumuPauwasi10% alike
- NabakNuclear Trans New Guinea10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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