Some interesting facts about the Doromu-Koki language:
- the language has 30 words for banana, the staple food
- there is only one 3rd person pronoun, and it can mean 'he', 'she', 'it', or 'they', depending on the context
- Doromu-Koki uses a number of colourful idioms, including:
◦ 'good sweet potato' (a nice girl)
◦ 'stomach pain thinking' (heartache)
◦ 'stomach child' (a beloved child)
◦ when you are hungry, your stomach 'grumbles,' and when you have diarrhoea your stomach 'does a landslide'
- Translating the New Testament has required creating new words, including:
◦ 'good word' (gospel)
◦ 'plant straight thinking' (believe)
◦ 'give stomach word' (promise)
◦ 'say soft stomach' (forgive)
◦ 'say one stomach' (agree)
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