Zorop language

Yafi
Zorop
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Western New Guinea: Warlef village, Senggi District, Keerom Regency
Native speakers	230 (2005)[1]
Language family	Pauwasi East Pauwasi Yafi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wfg
Glottolog	yafi1240
ELP	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.^[2]

Basic vocabulary

Below are some basic vocabulary words in Zorop.^[3]

Zorop basic vocabulary

gloss	Zorop
‘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

References

1. Yafi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
3. Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.