Ekari
bahasa Ekari
Ekari is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Indonesia.
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Ekari (also Ekagi, Kapauku, Mee) is a Trans–New Guinea language spoken by about 100,000 people in the Paniai lakes region of the Indonesian province of Central Papua, including the villages of Enarotali, Mapia and Moanemani. This makes it the second-most populous Papuan language in Indonesian New Guinea after Western Dani. Language use is vigorous. Documentation is quite limited.
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Words in Ekari
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | me* | |
| name | eka* | |
| eye | peka* | |
| ear | gapa* | |
| nose | yuma* | |
| tooth | ego* | |
| tongue | eta* | |
| hand | gane* | |
| blood | emo* | |
| bone | mito* | |
| skin | kado* | |
| knee | kagu* | |
| breast | boko* | |
| liver | emaye* | |
| water | uwo | |
| fire | bodiya* | |
| sun | meuka* | |
| star | iyamo* | |
| stone | mogo* | |
| mountain | bago* | |
| tree | piya* | |
| leaf | iye* | |
| night | wane* | |
| dog | dodi* | |
| fish | binei* | |
| louse | uka* | |
| one | ena* | |
| two | wiya* | |
| I | ani* | |
| you | aki* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · ekar1243 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · ekg