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Doso language

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Doso
Native toPapua New Guinea
Native speakers
2,400 (2000)[1]
Papuan Gulf ?
Language codes
ISO 639-3dol
Glottologdoso1239

Doso is a language of New Guinea. It has 61% of its vocabulary in common with the nearly extinct Turumsa language, its only clear relative.[2] It is spoken near Kamula but does not appear to be related to it; not enough is known to tell if it may be related to other languages in the area.

Vocabulary

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The following basic vocabulary words are from Shaw (1986),[3] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[4]

gloss Doso
head abaki
hair abuluso
ear apu
eye usa
nose bulu
tooth da
tongue ithi
leg sʌřei
louse amu
dog khasa
pig nɛna
bird sɩkĩ
egg wõnõ
blood omani
bone khi
skin bʌli
breast toka
tree gu
man haimo
woman dobo
sun khikha
moon ři
water umu
fire dɩki
stone
name samu
eat nane

References

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  1. ^ Doso at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Doso". Glottolog 4.3.
  3. ^ Shaw, R. (Ed.) (2015). Shaw, R. (ed.). "The Bosavi language family". doi:10.15144/PL-A70.45. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05.