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.[2]
| Namla | |
|---|---|
| Region | Papua: Keerom Regency, Senggi District, Namla village |
Native speakers | 30 (2005)[1] |
Language family | Pauwasi
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | naa |
| Glottolog | naml1240 |
| ELP | Namla |
Namla is close to extinction due to its being replaced by Tofanma and possibly also Papuan Malay.[3]
Namla vocabulary from Foley (2018):[3]
| 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 |
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| Eastern Nusantara families and isolates |
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| Rossel Island isolate |
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