Zorop language

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]

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

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