One languages

One
West Wapei
Geographic distribution	north-central Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Torricelli One
Subdivisions	One Seta Seti
Language codes
Glottolog	west2580
The Torricelli languages as classified by Foley (2018)

The One or West Wapei languages constitute a branch of the Torricelli language family. They are spoken in north-central Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.

Languages

Foley (2018) lists: ^[1]

One, Seta, Seti

Vocabulary comparison

The following basic vocabulary words are from the Trans-New Guinea database, ^[2] citing data from Laycock (1968) ^[3] and SIL (2000): ^[4]

The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g. kamóya, komoyo for “bone”) or not (e.g. alfoi, ŋkotelə for “tongue”).

gloss	One, Inebu	Seta	Seti
head	selə	sela; sila	səkon
hair		sila batalayo
ear	tipi	tɩbɩli; təpəli	arpan
eye	namla	namana; naməna	nəŋka
nose	suwla	sulu; sülü	sünü
tooth	nala	nɛla; nelə	neːn
tongue	alfoi	ngctela; ŋkotelə	ŋkoten
leg	teu	teu	saten
louse	munola	təmofəl	təmpofənə
dog	paːla	balə; paːlə	paːn
bird	nawra	pəsiapa; pɩsapə	pəlisia
egg	amu	aːmo; gambu	tənna
blood	fampwi	soli	soro
bone	amla	kamóya	komoyo
skin	plapi	tapeo; tapio	naːni
breast	nimla	mommo; momo	momo
tree	silo	si	səno
man	mana	manə; oma	maŋko
woman	piːni	bɩni; pin	pəneno
sky		yebiti
sun	ayre	kebɩli; kepli	koːfəni
moon	anini	anine; funmo	yinmon
water	faːla	mi	miː
fire	niːpi	sakul; sakulu	nep
stone	taːma	kuləbol; tumala	toːmu
road, path		plɛn
eat		wune woyuye
two	plale	pəla	pəna

References

1. Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". 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. 197–432. ISBN   978-3-11-028642-7.
2. Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea" . Retrieved 2020-11-05.
3. Laycock, Donald C. 1968. Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea. Oceanic Linguistics , 7 (1): 36-66.
4. Summer Institute of Linguistics Language Survey of Seta, 2000.

• Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". 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. 197–432. ISBN   978-3-11-028642-7.