Wiru

Wiru是一种孤立语言，主要分布在巴布亚新几内亚。按 Glottolog 的评估，它的濒危程度为“受威胁”。

Wiru · 6.4°S 144.2°E

孤立语言：与世界上任何已知语言都无法证明有亲缘关系。

Wiru or Witu is the language spoken by the Wiru people of Ialibu-Pangia District of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. The language has been described by Harland Kerr, a missionary who lived in the Wiru community for many years. Kerr's work with the community produced a Wiru Bible translation and several unpublished dictionary manuscripts, as well as Kerr's Master's thesis on the structure of Wiru verbs.

There are a considerable number of resemblances with the Engan languages, suggesting Wiru might be a member of that family, but language contact has not been ruled out as the reason. Usher classifies it with the Teberan languages.

摘自英文维基百科 · Wiru language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiru的常用词

意思	词	转写
人	ali*
名字	ibini*
眼睛	lene*
耳朵	kabidi*
鼻子	timini*
牙齿	kime*
舌头	keke*
手	yono*
血	kamate*
骨头	tono*
皮肤	kepene*
膝盖	wadini*
乳房	adu*
肝	kolotini*
水	ue
火	toe*
太阳	lou*
星星	tagoi*
石头	kue*
山	tono*
树	yomo*
叶子	tata*
夜晚	likonu*
狗	tue*
鱼	mou*
虱子	nomo*
一	odene*
二	takuta*
我	no*
你	ne*