Namla | |
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Region | Papua: Keerom Regency, Senggi District, Namla village |
Native speakers | 30 (2005)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | naa |
Glottolog | naml1240 |
ELP | Namla |
Namla is a poorly documented Papuan language of Indonesia. It appears to be related to Tofanma, a neighboring language. It is spoken in Namla village, Senggi District, Keerom Regency.[1]
Namla is close to extinction due to its being replaced by Tofanma and possibly also Papuan Malay.[2]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Dorsal | |
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Plosive | p b | t d | ɟ | k g |
Fricative | f | s | h | |
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ |
Approximant | w | r, l | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid | e | ə | o |
Low | a |
Namla vocabulary from Foley (2018):[2]
gloss | Namla |
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‘bird’ | atu |
‘blood’ | ləke |
‘bone’ | da |
‘breast’ | momu |
‘ear’ | wuronodake |
‘eat’ | sa |
‘egg’ | le |
‘eye’ | lɪle |
‘fire’ | wo |
‘give’ | væn |
‘go’ | wo |
‘ground’ | jao |
‘hair’ | kəmbrada |
‘hear’ | wara |
‘I’ | na |
‘leg’ | buda |
‘louse’ | ble |
‘man’ | lamokra |
‘moon’ | pei |
‘name’ | ei |
‘one’ | knonu |
‘road, path’ | mitu |
‘see’ | mesa |
‘sky’ | nəmləu |
‘stone’ | sou |
‘sun’ | nəmane |
‘tongue’ | kagoku |
‘tooth’ | dəmda |
‘tree’ | ra |
‘two’ | nene |
‘water’ | nomu |
‘we’ | mani |
‘woman’ | ara |
‘you (sg)’ | wu(giknoko) |
‘you (pl)’ | yuka |