Tofanma language
Language in Papua
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Tofanma or Tofamna is a poorly documented Papuan language of Indonesia. Wurm (1975) placed it as an independent branch of Trans–New Guinea, but Ross (2005) could not find enough evidence to classify it. It appears to be related to Namla, a neighboring language.
RegionPapua: Keerom Regency, Senggi District, most of Namla, Tofanma Dua, and Tofanma Satu villages
Native speakers
250 (2005)[1]| Tofanma | |
|---|---|
| Region | Papua: Keerom Regency, Senggi District, most of Namla, Tofanma Dua, and Tofanma Satu villages |
Native speakers | 250 (2005)[1] |
Pauwasi
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tlg |
| Glottolog | tofa1246 |
| ELP | Tofanma |
Vocabulary
Tofanma vocabulary from Foley (2018):[2]
gloss Tofanma ‘bird’ yetai ‘blood’ læki ‘bone’ da ‘breast’ mu ‘ear’ kemblale ‘eat’ dimisipe ‘egg’ li ‘eye’ yei ‘fire’ ve ‘give’ vænə ‘go’ wao ‘ground’ yai ‘hair’ kemblena ‘hear’ varli ‘I’ ne ‘leg’ wukudaʔ ‘louse’ bili ‘man’ lamle ‘moon’ min-yaku ‘name’ ame ‘one’ kenanu ‘road, path’ mæki ‘see’ mæsi ‘sky’ nəmlo ‘stone’ kəlo ‘sun’ yaku ‘tongue’ kuguku ‘tooth’ dimi ‘tree’ la ‘two’ næni ‘water’ basu ‘we’ ngu ‘woman’ ale ‘you (sg)’ wo ‘you (pl)’ dule
The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1971, 1975),[3][4] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[5]
gloss Tofanma head kemble hair kemble-na ear kemb lelu eye jei; yei nose məniti tooth geme tongue goŋgogok leg wanta louse bli bird jetai; yetai egg taili blood leki bone nta skin jefake; yefake breast mo tree kili man lame woman ale sun jaku; yaku moon menti-gaku water basu fire we stone klo road, path meka name emi eat sembe one kenano two neni
