Yafi | |
Nativename: | Zorop |
States: | Indonesia |
Region: | Western New Guinea Warlef village, Senggi District, Keerom Regency |
Speakers: | 230 |
Date: | 2005 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Papuan |
Fam1: | Pauwasi |
Fam2: | East Pauwasi |
Iso3: | wfg |
Glotto: | yafi1240 |
Glottorefname: | Yafi |
Yafi, also known as Zorop, is an Eastern Pauwasi language of West New Guinea. It is spoken in Warlef village, Senggi District, Keerom Regency.[1]
Below are some basic vocabulary words in Zorop.[2]
‘I’ | nam | |
‘you (sg)’ | nem | |
‘we’ | nim | |
‘belly’ | yalək | |
‘bird’ | awe | |
‘black’ | seŋgəri | |
‘blood’ | mob | |
‘breast’ | muam | |
‘come’ | kwalopai | |
‘eat’ | fer- | |
‘eye’ | ji | |
‘foot’ | fuŋi | |
‘give’ | tipi | |
‘good’ | kiap | |
‘hand’ | jae | |
‘head’ | məndai | |
‘hear’ | fau | |
‘house’ | nab | |
‘louse’ | yemar | |
‘man’ | Arab | |
‘mosquito’ | yəŋkar | |
‘name’ | jei | |
‘road’ | mai | |
‘root’ | fiŋgu | |
‘sand’ | gərək | |
‘tooth’ | jurai | |
‘tree’ | war | |
‘water’ | jewek | |
‘who’ | waunap | |
‘one’ | aŋgətəwam | |
‘two’ | anəŋgar |
Languages of the World
. 22nd . Eberhard . David M. . Simons . Gary F. . Fennig . Charles D. . 2019 . Dallas . SIL International.