Tofanma language
| 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 |
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.
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
References
- ^ Tofanma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". 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. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- Wambaliau, Theresia. 2005. Survey Report on the Tofanma Language in Papua, Indonesia. (in Indonesian). Unpublished manuscript. Jayapura: SIL Indonesia.
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