Nimoa
Facts
- Language: Nimoa
- Alternate names: Nimowa
- Language code: nmw
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, Papuan Tip linkage, Peripheral Papuan Tip linkage, Nimoa-Sudest
- Number of speakers: 1100
- Script:
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Introduction
Nimoa is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Milne Bay Province, Misima district, island group west of Sud-Est.
Dialects
Panatinani, Panawina, Sabari, Western Point. Lexical similarity: 44% with Sudest (See: Sudest) (most similar).
The Nimoa Verb
Verblist
- hʌ'ya.ʔŋ -- to bite
- ɩ’lɔŋɛ -- to hear
- i’mʌtɛ -- to die, be dead
- idɔdɔgʌn -- to walk
- i'ɛlʌm -- to come
- ihi’yɩnɛ -- to sleep
- ihʌn -- to eat
- imwundʌw -- to swim
- ɩŋ.ʌ -- to say
- i'ɸʌɩdɩ -- to see
- i'tiɛhi'ɛnɛ -- to lie down
- i'wuwo -- to fly
- midi -- to stand
- si'lʌmɛ -- to kill
- tuɔ.dʌu -- to sit