Kalkatungu
Kalkatungu was a Pama-Nyungan language once spoken in Australia.
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Kalkatungu (also Kalkutungu, Galgadungu, Kalkutung, Kalkadoon, or Galgaduun) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken around the area of Mount Isa and Cloncurry, Queensland.
From Wikipedia · Kalkatungu language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kalkatungu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | ipal* | |
| ear | i4ta* | |
| nose | iTi5Ti* | |
| tooth | ati4ta* | |
| tongue | mali* | |
| hand | makati* | |
| blood | uLTi* | |
| bone | katipina* | |
| skin | waku* | |
| knee | ipuru* | |
| breast | maNka* | |
| liver | utuntu* | |
| water | kuu | |
| fire | maka* | |
| sun | wanaka* | |
| star | Tirka* | |
| stone | ntia* | |
| mountain | purku* | |
| leaf | pulinti* | |
| dog | tuku* | |
| fish | wakari* | |
| one | ayat* | |
| two | luati* | |
| I | Nai* | |
| you | 5ini* | |
| we | Nata* | |
| see | na5i* | |
| hear | yakapi* | |
| die | uli* | |
| path | waru* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- MudburraPama-Nyungan20% alike
- Pitta PittaPama-Nyungan17% alike
- WajarriPama-Nyungan14% alike
- NgarinmanPama-Nyungan14% alike
- ChitimachaIsolates13% alike
- BaltiSino-Tibetan13% alike
Grammar
- ThurawalPama-Nyungan89% alike
- SherdukpenSino-Tibetan88% alike
- JaruPama-Nyungan87% alike
- Woiwurrung-ThagungwurrungPama-Nyungan86% alike
- NhandaPama-Nyungan85% alike
- Western Canadian InuktitutEskimo-Aleut84% alike
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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