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Piame language

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Sepik language of Papua New Guinea
Piame
Biami
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
EthnicityHewa
Native speakers
(Less than 100 cited 1988)[1]
Sepik
Language codes
ISO 639-3pin
Glottologpiam1243
ELPPiame

Piame, orBiami, is aSepik language, which in 1988 was spoken in the village of Piame in northwesternPapua New Guinea.[2]: 249 

Relationship to other languages

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Piame is closely related toNiksek, with cognate percentages ranging from 44% to 53% for the different Niksek dialects.[2]: 249 

Sociolinguistics

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In 1988, it was spoken by less than a hundred people, in the single village of Piame.[2]: 249  The village was primarilymonolingual. Two or three men had begun to learnTok Pisin, thelingua franca ofPapua New Guinea.[2]: 254 

The language is today described asmoribund.[3][4]

Vocabulary

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The table below is a sample of words in Piame:[2]: 261 

PiameEnglish
pasikofiafternoon
bawearrow
mokuawobaby
mekiaback
wɔřoucassowary
a yopakařichin
yabidog
peniear
yelia kaiaegg
wauwuofat
aisefather
mɔmiyaři məməni moku'awogirl
yelia kowanegood
kouřinobohair
nɔtihand
u'kwətiknee
misařiknife
mekwaleaf
yelia meisalong
məmini'nɔniman
ake/kɔřisib̵ab̵emany
ka'lamineck
ake/akutunew
akelmeisiold
mekwaone
a'kaifɔ/fɔpig
nourain
wamorat
kařineisand
yelia nɔposhort
fɔ'yənitail
sawitaro
you'weivine
akaipəsiwallaby
a'seiwater
kařuyam
nɔifiyesterday

References

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  1. ^Some language and sociolinguistic relationships in the Upper Sepik region of Papua New Guinea.
  2. ^abcde"Some language and sociolinguistic relationships - ProQuest".www.proquest.com.ProQuest 1297882138. Retrieved2025-02-22.
  3. ^"Glottolog 5.1 - Piame".glottolog.org. Retrieved2025-02-22.
  4. ^"Piame | Ethnologue". 2013-06-03. Archived fromthe original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved2025-02-22.
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