Yoba
Yoba was an Austronesian language once spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Yoba is an extinct Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea. It was restructured through contact with neighboring Papuan languages, and in turn influencing them, before speakers shifted to those languages.
From Wikipedia · Yoba language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Yoba
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | taia* | |
| nose | ua* | |
| tooth | moka* | |
| tongue | goba* | |
| hand | ima* | |
| blood | ko7ia* | |
| bone | iada* | |
| skin | kopi* | |
| knee | turu* | |
| breast | u7u* | |
| liver | goigoibo* | |
| water | uba* | |
| fire | karova* | |
| sun | vavana* | |
| star | kipora* | |
| stone | gomana* | |
| mountain | vorei* | |
| tree | karova* | |
| leaf | rugu* | |
| night | kikipa* | |
| dog | okoi* | |
| fish | korebe* | |
| two | buau* | |
| I | nau* | |
| you | oni* | |
| we | ita* | |
| drink | inu* | |
| path | ya7oa* | |
| new | g3dara* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Bina (Papua New Guinea)Austronesian72% alike
- MagoriAustronesian51% alike
- OumaAustronesian37% alike
- IdatéAustronesian26% alike
- Toura (Papua New Guinea)Austronesian26% alike
- WotuAustronesian25% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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