| Namla | |
| Region: | Papua Keerom Regency, Senggi District, Namla village |
| Speakers: | 30 |
| Date: | 2005 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Pauwasi |
| Fam2: | West Pauwasi |
| Fam3: | Namla–Tofanma |
| Iso3: | naa |
| Glotto: | naml1240 |
| Glottorefname: | Namla |
Namla is a poorly documented Papuan language of Indonesia. It appears to be related to Tofanma, a neighboring language. It is spoken in Namla village, Senggi District, Keerom Regency.
Namla is close to extinction due to its being replaced by Tofanma and possibly also Papuan Malay.[1]
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
| High | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Low | pronounced as /link/ |
Namla vocabulary from Foley (2018):[1]
| gloss | Namla | |
|---|---|---|
| ‘bird’ | atu | |
| ‘blood’ | ləke | |
| ‘bone’ | da | |
| ‘breast’ | momu | |
| ‘ear’ | wuronodake | |
| ‘eat’ | sa | |
| ‘egg’ | le | |
| ‘eye’ | lɪle | |
| ‘fire’ | wo | |
| ‘give’ | væn | |
| ‘go’ | wo | |
| ‘ground’ | jao | |
| ‘hair’ | kəmbrada | |
| ‘hear’ | wara | |
| ‘I’ | na | |
| ‘leg’ | buda | |
| ‘louse’ | ble | |
| ‘man’ | lamokra | |
| ‘moon’ | pei | |
| ‘name’ | ei | |
| ‘one’ | knonu | |
| ‘road, path’ | mitu | |
| ‘see’ | mesa | |
| ‘sky’ | nəmləu | |
| ‘stone’ | sou | |
| ‘sun’ | nəmane | |
| ‘tongue’ | kagoku | |
| ‘tooth’ | dəmda | |
| ‘tree’ | ra | |
| ‘two’ | nene | |
| ‘water’ | nomu | |
| ‘we’ | mani | |
| ‘woman’ | ara | |
| ‘you (sg)’ | wu(giknoko) | |
| ‘you (pl)’ | yuka |