The One or West Wapei languages constitute a branch of the
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language family. They are spoken in north-central
Sandaun Province
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Languages
Foley (2018) lists:
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One
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Seta
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Animal setae
Protostomes
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Seti
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Vocabulary comparison
The following basic vocabulary words are from the Trans-New Guinea database, citing data from Laycock (1968) and SIL (2000):
[Summer Institute of Linguistics Language Survey of Seta, 2000.]
The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g. ''kamóya'', ''komoyo'' for “bone”) or not (e.g. ''alfoi'', ''ŋkotelə'' for “tongue”).
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References
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Torricelli Range languages
Languages of Sandaun Province
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