Kaki Ae
Kaki Ae is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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.
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Words in Kaki Ae
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | naora | |
| person | arua7u* | |
| name | uru* | |
| eye | ini* | |
| ear | oe* | |
| nose | noe* | |
| tooth | hu7u* | |
| tongue | maiana* | |
| hand | upu* | |
| head | aro | |
| blood | ivare* | |
| bone | uki* | |
| skin | bere7a* | |
| breast | ame* | |
| liver | ahena* | |
| water | aime* | |
| fire | aie7i* | |
| sun | lare* | |
| star | bihu7u* | |
| snow | sno | |
| stone | ere* | |
| mountain | uo* | |
| tree | oharo* | |
| leaf | ore* | |
| night | ho7ora* | |
| dog | evera* | |
| fish | nane* | |
| horse | wos | |
| louse | amuri* | |
| one | oki* |
* 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
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