Nali

Nali is a member of the Oceanic branch of the Malay-Polynesian language family. It has about 1,800 speakers on on the southeast coast of Manus Island in Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea.

Nali is also known as Yiru. There is one dialect: Okro, which is classified as a separate language in some sources. There appear to be several ways to write Nali with the Latin alphabet, and there is a translation of the Bible in Nali.

Nali alphabet

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Sample text

Tabe Yesu iso pizin. Iso: “Keleŋ. Sombe kusuŋ, to koso ta kembei: ‘Niam Tomoyam, nu zom iwal ko tipotom pa. Kam zin tomtom ma tito peeze ku.
Ur koyam kini pa aigule ta boozomen.
Reege sanaana tiam. Pa niam tomini amzemzem ŋgar pa sanaana boozomen ta tomtom tikamam piam na. Mi ziiri toomboŋana ma imbot molo piam.’ ”

Source: https://png.bible/mna/LUK11.htm

Translation

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
The Lord's Prayer - Luke 11: 2-4

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.11.KJV

Information about Nali | Numbers | Tower of Babel

Links

Information about Nali
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nali_language
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Нали
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/nali1245
https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/42320
http://www.language-archives.org/language/nss
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Nali.htm

Oceanic languages

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Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created on 18.05.26. Last modified: 18.05.26

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