Namla language
Language in Indonesia
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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]
RegionPapua: Keerom Regency, Senggi District, Namla village
Native speakers
30 (2005)[1]Namla is close to extinction due to its being replaced by Tofanma and possibly also Papuan Malay.[2]: 463
Phonology
Vocabulary
Namla vocabulary from Foley (2018):[2]
gloss Namla ‘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
