Kaike
Kaike is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Magar Kaike is a Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal. Ethnologue classifies it as a West Bodish language.
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Words in Kaike
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Zonto* | |
| name | mhin* | |
| eye | mi* | |
| ear | namZhow* | |
| nose | nha* | |
| tooth | swo* | |
| tongue | loi* | |
| hand | loo* | |
| bone | shuru* | |
| skin | phon* | |
| knee | bho* | |
| breast | homa* | |
| liver | chimma* | |
| water | tryu* | |
| fire | mye* | |
| sun | nhima* | |
| star | gor* | |
| stone | luN* | |
| mountain | lo* | |
| tree | troNpu* | |
| leaf | lha* | |
| night | chan* | |
| dog | khiu* | |
| fish | Na* | |
| louse | Ser* | |
| one | tri* | |
| two | Nhyi* | |
| I | Na* | |
| you | no* | |
| we | 5hokaNmo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- LowaSino-Tibetan32% alike
- Spiti BhotiSino-Tibetan32% alike
- Southern GhaleSino-Tibetan31% alike
- ThakaliSino-Tibetan31% alike
- JadSino-Tibetan30% alike
- KyerungSino-Tibetan30% alike
Grammar
- Southern GhaleSino-Tibetan89% alike
- ChocangacakhaSino-Tibetan88% alike
- JerungSino-Tibetan87% alike
- KhalingSino-Tibetan86% alike
- Peripheral MongolianMongolic-Khitan86% alike
- Chang NagaSino-Tibetan85% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · kaik1246 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kzq