Salt-Yui language

Salt, or Yui, is a Trans–New Guinea language of Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea.Yui | Ethnologue Free at Ethnologue

Basics The following are some basic examples of phrases and nouns in Salt-Yui:Salt-yui language (sil.org) at SIL International (1962 to 1980) (Irwin, Barry S. and Irwin, Ruth)Salt-Yui Swadesh List : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive made by The Rosetta Project and The Long Now Foundation (16 Sep. 2010) (If source doesn't show up click on 'Text' at 'Download Options') +Basic examples of PhrasesSalt-YuiEnglish translation or meaningyahunoBasic greetingere poBasic farewellna hana ___my name is ___na pimgii understandni han dalotell me your nameakiodon't touch this +Basic examples of nounsSalt-YuiEnglish translation or meaninggànbágroundkuŕìámagichálanguagehóngprayerdaangslopeowóyes

Pronunciation

Vowels The following is how you pronounce certain vowels in Salt-Yui:

/a/ is pronounced as in father /e/ is pronounced as in peg /i/ is pronounced as in tin /o/ is pronounced as in more /u/ is pronounced as in put

Consonants Most consonants are similar to English, except for the following:

r between vowels is flapped i.e. like 'd'. And if placed at the end of a word it is not voiced but trilled. l between vowels is flapped i.e. like 'd'. but if not, it has the same friction as the English 'l'. ng is normally pronounced as in 'sing', but if it is in the 2nd person it should be pronounced as a sequence of 'n+g'

Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns Most nouns may show ownership this way: +Possessive Pronouns1st Person2nd Person3rd PersonSingular -na -ni -ngPlural -na -ni -ng

Example: +Singular Possessive Pronouns with noun 'wa'Noun1st Person2nd Person3rd Personwa (son)wana (my son)wani (your son)wang (his/her son) +Plural Possessive Pronouns with noun 'wa'Noun1st Person2nd Person3rd Personwa (son)wana (our son)wani (your son)wang (their son)

Personal Pronouns Personal pronouns are shown like this: +Personal Pronouns1st Person2nd Person3rd PersonSingularna (I)ni (You)yali (He/She/It)Pluralna (We)ni (?) (You)yali (?) (Them)

Verbs The following is how to conjugate verbs with personal pronouns shown with an example: +Conjugation verb 'di' (To say)1st Person (Alone)1st Person2nd Person3rd PersonSingulardigi (I alone say)dimgi (I say)dingi (you say)dungwi (he/her/it says)PluralXdimgi (we say)dingi (you all say)dungwi (they say) +Conjugation verb 'di' (To say) with modal verb1st Person (Alone)1st Person2nd Person3rd PersonSingulardiralgi (I alone shall say)dinamgi (I shall say)dinangi (you will say)dinangwi (he/she/it will say)PluralXdinamgi (we shall say)dinangi (you all will say)dinangwi (they will say) +Conjugation verb 'di' (To say) with an auxiliary verb and a negative inflectional suffix1st Person (Alone)1st Person2nd Person3rd PersonSingulardikigi (I alone didn't say)dikimgi (I didn't say)dikingi (you didn't say)dikungw(i/o) (he/her/it didn't say)PluralXdikimgi (we didn't say)dikingi (you all didn't say)dikungw(i/o) (they didn't say) +Conjugation verb 'di' (To say) as Interrogative sentence with auxiliary verb1st Person (Alone)1st Person2nd Person3rd PersonSingulardilo (Did i alone say?)dimno (Did i say?)dino (Did you say?)dimo (Did he/she/it say?)PluralXdimno (Did we say?)dino (Did you all say?)dimo (Did they say?) As seen above, Salt-Yui has a special form for verbs with 'I alone'; why this is is still unknown.

Other example verbs: +Example VerbsSalt-YuiEnglishdi/duto be (inanimate)molto be (animate)olto doke paito livene/noto eat/to drinkte/toto give All of these verbs can follow the previous conjugations for verbs.

Adjectives In Salt-Yui, adjectives usually follow the noun, here are some examples of adjectives in Salt-Yui: +Example AdjectivesSalt-YuiEnglishmigigasmallobilgasmall amountmikimanynolred/pinkmoriblue/greenpegewhite

Numerals There are five cardinal numerals that have been written down, which are the following: +Cardinal NumbersSalt-YuiEnglishtanigaonesutanitwosuitai direthreesui sui direfourana holulufive

Locatives The following are examples of known locatives in Salt-Yui: +LocativesSalt-YuiEnglishyolbidownmanalaundermibiabovealainmalanearbinabeside, edge

References

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