| Salt | |
| Nativename: | Yui |
| States: | Papua New Guinea |
| Region: | Chimbu Province |
| Speakers: | 6,500 |
| Date: | 1981 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea |
| Fam2: | Chimbu–Wahgi |
| Fam3: | Chimbu |
| Iso3: | sll |
| Glotto: | salt1242 |
| Glottorefname: | Salt-Yui |
Salt, or Yui, is a Trans–New Guinea language of Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea.[1]
The following are some basic examples of phrases and nouns in Salt-Yui:[2] [3]
| yahuno | Basic greeting | |
| ere po | Basic farewell | |
| na hana ___ | my name is ___ | |
| na pimgi | i understand | |
| ni han dalo | tell me your name | |
| akio | don't touch this |
| gànbá | ground | |
| kuŕìá | magic | |
| há | language | |
| hóng | prayer | |
| daang | slope | |
| owó | yes |
The following is how you pronounce certain vowels in Salt-Yui:
Most consonants are similar to English, except for the following:
Most nouns may show ownership this way:
| Singular | -na | -ni | -ng | |
| Plural | -na | -ni | -ng |
Example:
| wa (son) | wana (my son) | wani (your son) | wang (his/her son) |
| wa (son) | wana (our son) | wani (your son) | wang (their son) |
Personal pronouns are shown like this:
| Singular | na (I) | ni (You) | yali (He/She/It) | |
| Plural | na (We) | ni (?) (You) | yali (?) (Them) |
The following is how to conjugate verbs with personal pronouns shown with an example:
| Singular | digi (I alone say) | dimgi (I say) | dingi (you say) | dungwi (he/her/it says) | |
| Plural | X | dimgi (we say) | dingi (you all say) | dungwi (they say) |
| Singular | diralgi (I alone shall say) | dinamgi (I shall say) | dinangi (you will say) | dinangwi (he/she/it will say) | |
| Plural | X | dinamgi (we shall say) | dinangi (you all will say) | dinangwi (they will say) |
| Singular | dikigi (I alone didn't say) | dikimgi (I didn't say) | dikingi (you didn't say) | dikungwi (he/her/it didn't say) | |
| Plural | X | dikimgi (we didn't say) | dikingi (you all didn't say) | dikungwi (they didn't say) |
| Singular | dilo (Did i alone say?) | dimno (Did i say?) | dino (Did you say?) | dimo (Did he/she/it say?) | |
| Plural | X | dimno (Did we say?) | dino (Did you all say?) | dimo (Did they say?) |
Other example verbs:
| di/du | to be (inanimate) | |
| mol | to be (animate) | |
| ol | to do | |
| ke pai | to live | |
| ne/no | to eat/to drink | |
| te/to | to give |
In Salt-Yui, adjectives usually follow the noun, here are some examples of adjectives in Salt-Yui:
| migiga | small | |
| obilga | small amount | |
| miki | many | |
| nol | red/pink | |
| mori | blue/green | |
| pege | white |
There are five cardinal numerals that have been written down, which are the following:
| taniga | one | |
| sutani | two | |
| suitai dire | three | |
| sui sui dire | four | |
| ana holulu | five |
The following are examples of known locatives in Salt-Yui:
| yolbi | down | |
| manala | under | |
| mibi | above | |
| ala | in | |
| mala | near | |
| bina | beside, edge |