The One, Oneic,Dryer, Matthew S. 2024. Towards a genealogical classification of Torricelli languages. Unpublished manuscript. 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:
One, Seta, Seti
Vocabulary comparison The following basic vocabulary words are from the Trans-New Guinea database, citing data from Laycock (1968)Laycock, Donald C. 1968. Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea. Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66. 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”).
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! 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
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