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| One | |
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| West Wapei | |
| Geographic distribution | north-central Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Torricelli
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| Glottolog | west2580 |
 The Torricelli languages as classified by Foley (2018) | |
The One or West Wapei languages constitute a branch of the Torricelli language family. They are spoken in north-central Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
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[edit]The following basic vocabulary words are from the Trans-New Guinea database,[2] citing data from Laycock (1968)[3] and SIL (2000):[4]
The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g. kamóya, komoyo for “bone”) or not (e.g. alfoi, ŋkotelə for “tongue”).
gloss One, Inebu Seta Seti head selə sela; sila səkon hair sila batalayo ear tipi tɩbɩli; təpəli arpan eye namla namana; naməna nəŋka nose suwla sulu; sülü sünü tooth nala nɛla; nelə neːn tongue alfoi ngctela; ŋkotelə ŋkoten leg teu teu saten louse munola təmofəl təmpofənə dog paːla balə; paːlə paːn bird nawra pəsiapa; pɩsapə pəlisia egg amu aːmo; gambu tənna blood fampwi soli soro bone amla kamóya komoyo skin plapi tapeo; tapio naːni breast nimla mommo; momo momo tree silo si səno man mana manə; oma maŋko woman piːni bɩni; pin pəneno sky yebiti sun ayre kebɩli; kepli koːfəni moon anini anine; funmo yinmon water faːla mi miː fire niːpi sakul; sakulu nep stone taːma kuləbol; tumala toːmu road, path plɛn eat wune woyuye two plale pəla pəna
References
[edit]- ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- ^ Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ^ Laycock, Donald C. 1968. Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea. Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66.
- ^ Summer Institute of Linguistics Language Survey of Seta, 2000.
- Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.