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Kaluli

Kaluli is a Bosavi language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

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Kaluli · 6.5°S 142.8°E

Kaluli is a language spoken in Papua New Guinea. It is a developing language with 3,100 speakers. Some people refer to this language as Bosavi, however the people themselves refer to the language as Kaluli. There are four dialects, Ologo, Kaluli, Walulu, and Kugenesi. The differences between the dialects are not clear. Their writing system uses the Latin script. Kaluli belongs to the Trans-New Guinea language family. Kaluli was first analyzed by Murray Rule in 1964 who wrote a preliminary phonological and morphological analysis. A dictionary of Kaluli has been compiled by Schieffelin and Feld (1998).

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Words in Kaluli

MeaningWordRomanization
mankalu
womankeisale
personkhelu*
namewi*
eyesi*
earkhalan*
nosemiki*
toothpis*
tongueen*
handtaki*
bloodhobo*
bonekhi*
skintokof*
kneekul*
breastbo*
liveryok*
waterhoon
firete*
sunof*
starthamin*
stoneu*
mountainmisio*
treei*
leaffos*
nightnulu*
dogkasa*
fishkhe*
lousefe*
oneakel*
twoatep*

* 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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