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Yopno

Yopno is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

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Yopno · 5.9°S 146.7°E

Yopno (Yupna, after the Yupna Valley) is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Kewieng, Nokopo, Wandabong, Isan. Yupno speakers orient themselves using local topography.

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Words in Yopno

MeaningWordRomanization
personam3n*
nameman*
eyedab3l*
earm3rak*
nosetomno*
toothgen*
tonguemel*
handk3sit*
bloodyawi*
bonek3dat*
sking3pm3*
kneeNwak*
breastp3b3t*
liverwamningami*
waterpakbi
firek3ndap*
sung3ldat*
starg3k*
stonet3p*
mountain3leN*
treek3ndap*
leaftam*
nightkalbi*
dogp3Nan*
fishtapk3lap*
louseiyat*
onekaloN3*
twobamor3*
Inak*
yougak*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary

  • NankinaNuclear Trans New Guinea31% alike
  • AwaraNuclear Trans New Guinea20% alike
  • WantoatNuclear Trans New Guinea19% alike
  • SomNuclear Trans New Guinea18% alike
  • Yau-NungonNuclear Trans New Guinea18% alike
  • ForakNuclear Trans New Guinea17% alike

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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