Kagate
Kagate is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal, by about 1,500 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kagate or Syuba is a language from the subgroup of Tibetic languages spoken by the Kagate people primarily in the Ramechhap district of Nepal.
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Words in Kagate
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mi* | |
| name | min* | |
| eye | mi* | |
| ear | namZo* | |
| nose | nasum* | |
| tooth | so* | |
| tongue | Ce* | |
| hand | lakpa* | |
| blood | tha* | |
| bone | roko* | |
| skin | goba* | |
| knee | pimu* | |
| breast | oma* | |
| liver | Cimba* | |
| water | Chu* | |
| fire | me* | |
| sun | 5ima* | |
| star | karma* | |
| stone | to* | |
| mountain | kaN* | |
| tree | toNbo* | |
| leaf | lapti* | |
| night | nup* | |
| dog | khi* | |
| fish | 5a* | |
| louse | Ci* | |
| one | Cik* | |
| two | 5i* | |
| I | Na* | |
| you | khya* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- JadSino-Tibetan61% alike
- Lamjung-Melamchi YolmoSino-Tibetan60% alike
- Khunu-TötSino-Tibetan59% alike
- KyerungSino-Tibetan58% alike
- TibetanSino-Tibetan57% alike
- Spiti BhotiSino-Tibetan57% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · kaga1252 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · syw