Kamoro
bahasa Kamoro
Kamoro is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Indonesia, by about 8,000 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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The Kamoro language is an Asmat–Kamoro language spoken in Western New Guinea, specifically in Mimika Regency, Central Papua by Kamoro people, approximately 8,000 persons. Dialect diversity is notable, and Kamoro should perhaps not be considered a single language.
From Wikipedia · Kamoro language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kamoro
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | wenata* | |
| name | unata* | |
| eye | mame* | |
| ear | ini* | |
| nose | mirimu* | |
| tooth | titi* | |
| tongue | mare* | |
| hand | mare* | |
| blood | ete* | |
| bone | emae* | |
| skin | pikiri* | |
| knee | iripo* | |
| breast | ao* | |
| liver | wao* | |
| water | mi* | |
| fire | uta* | |
| sun | yaw* | |
| star | mako* | |
| stone | omani* | |
| mountain | pukare* | |
| tree | ote* | |
| leaf | e* | |
| night | iri* | |
| dog | uri* | |
| fish | ereka* | |
| louse | mamo* | |
| one | enakoa* | |
| two | yamane* | |
| I | noro* | |
| you | oro* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- SempanNuclear Trans New Guinea44% alike
- Casuarina Coast AsmatNuclear Trans New Guinea35% alike
- Tamnim CitakNuclear Trans New Guinea25% alike
- CitakNuclear Trans New Guinea25% alike
- Central AsmatNuclear Trans New Guinea22% alike
- Yaosakor AsmatNuclear Trans New Guinea20% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · kamo1255 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kgq