momoateh; mumuat || 'majmuma || wanmuma |- ! blood | amberaeh; ambra || ambara || ambala |- ! bone | amfuva; amfuvaheh || amϕu || amᵽuwa |- ! skin | gamfuin; iaveteh || 'vɨza || nᵽɩsakʰ |- ! breast | meru; meruhe || mi || miřu |- ! tree | mung; mungeh || mu || mï |- ! man | foakpa; fuakpahe || aβɨd || aƀɷt |- ! woman | arepa; arepahe || mᴶe || miandu |- ! sun | va; vaeh || βanma || ƀanma |- ! moon | mumere; mumereh || 'gəŋat∘ || ŋgɨŋat |- ! water | mam; mumeh || 'maŋam || maŋam |- ! fire | mehen; men || mɨn || mɨn |- ! stone | ghateh; yiak || mɨndəm || mɨndɩm |- ! road, path | maikua; miakuahe || maj || mayt |- ! name | vu'geh; vuŋ || wuŋ || |- ! eat | ueh jiveh; u-u give || ɕɛnɕɛn || tšɛntšɛntšuƀa |- ! one | nategeh; natek || ŋajkə || ŋaykʰʌkʰ |- ! two | arauu; aravueh || aɽawi || aǏawin |} Grammar Yuat languages distinguish inclusive and exclusive first person pronouns, a feature not found in most other Papuan languages. This tyopological feature has also diffused from Yuat into the Grass languages, which are spoken contiguously to the Yuat languages. Yuat grammar and phonology are similar to those of the neighboring Ramu languages. Yuat verbal morphology is relatively simple. Yuat languages are accusative, unlike many other Papuan languages, e.g., Trans New Guinea, East Cenderawasih Bay, Lakes Plain, South Bougainville, which are all ergative. Word order in Yuat languages, like in the Yawa languages, is rigidly SOV, whereas in many other Papuan families, OSV word order is often permitted (as long as the verb is final). See also Maramba language, a possibly spurious language often listed as Yuat. Upper Yuat languages References External links Yuat languages database at TransNewGuinea.org Language families Papuan languages Languages of East Sepik Province