Zia
Zia is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Zia is a Papuan language spoken in the Lower Waria Valley in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. It is part of the Binandere subgroup of the Trans–New Guinea phylum of languages (Ross, 2005).
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Words in Zia
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | emo* | |
| name | yazo* | |
| eye | diti* | |
| ear | dawoN* | |
| nose | weno* | |
| tooth | di* | |
| tongue | ewawa* | |
| hand | wawoN* | |
| blood | yu* | |
| bone | wetu* | |
| skin | tauN* | |
| knee | boma* | |
| breast | ami* | |
| liver | yo* | |
| water | ou | |
| fire | iyao* | |
| sun | wari* | |
| star | arasa* | |
| stone | daba* | |
| mountain | diri* | |
| tree | i* | |
| leaf | gi* | |
| night | piN* | |
| dog | sino* | |
| louse | ini* | |
| one | dekaoNka* | |
| two | eto* | |
| I | na* | |
| you | ni* | |
| we | nakare* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- YekoraNuclear Trans New Guinea46% alike
- SuenaNuclear Trans New Guinea41% alike
- Korafe-YeghaNuclear Trans New Guinea34% alike
- Ewage-NotuNuclear Trans New Guinea33% alike
- BinandereNuclear Trans New Guinea29% alike
- GainaNuclear Trans New Guinea25% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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