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Kaki Ae

Kaki Ae is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Kaki Ae · 8.0°S 145.8°E

An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.

Kaki Ae, or Tate, is a language spoken by about 500 people, half the ethnic population, near Kerema, in Papua New Guinea. It was previously known by the foreign designation Raeta Tati.

From Wikipedia · Kaki Ae language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Kaki Ae

MeaningWordRomanization
mothernaora
personarua7u*
nameuru*
eyeini*
earoe*
nosenoe*
toothhu7u*
tonguemaiana*
handupu*
headaro
bloodivare*
boneuki*
skinbere7a*
breastame*
liverahena*
wateraime*
fireaie7i*
sunlare*
starbihu7u*
snowsno
stoneere*
mountainuo*
treeoharo*
leafore*
nightho7ora*
dogevera*
fishnane*
horsewos
louseamuri*
oneoki*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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